BlockCarrizo Hills Colonia, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Carrizo Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78834. The Survey maps it on the Carrizo Springs East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1939 USGS Carrizo Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Carrizo Springs East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Carrizo Hills Colonia between 2006 and 2011, burning about 858 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 April 2008 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 March 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LANSFORD RANCH |
| 3 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrizo Hill | 0.2 miles | 9 | |
| Carrizo Springs | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Asherton | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Winter Haven | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Espantosa Colonia | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Brundage | 9.9 miles | 8 | |
| Big Wells | 14.7 miles | 8 | |
| Catarina | 15.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010186. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.