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Caruthers Cove Colonia, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Aransas Pass-Ingleside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78362. It stands on Kinney Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Port Ingleside quadrangle.

Caruthers Cove Colonia within San Patricio County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

35 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Caruthers Cove Colonia between 2005 and 2018, burning about 141 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined24
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1700SIXTH
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSUSSER
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSIXTH STREET
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceTHOMAS
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBURNETT
6 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBILLBOARD
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROBERT LOVIE 2
24 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHOT BOX 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Patricio County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Caruthers Cove Colonia: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Salt. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Texas Brine PlantSaltProducer
(Facility) Sherwin Alumina RefineryAluminumPlant1952
Reynolds Metals San Patricio PlantAluminumPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Patricio County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Old Ingleside Colonia0.3 miles14
Ingleside On-the-Bay1.0 miles14
Harbor City (historical)2.0 miles14
Port Ingleside2.0 miles14
Garza-4th-6th Streets Colonia2.0 miles14
Wendy Acres Colonia2.3 miles14
Ingleside2.4 miles14
Indian Trails Lane Colonia2.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2011352. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.