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Casa Bonita Colonia, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the McAllen-Pharr census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78501. The Survey maps it on the Pharr quadrangle.

Casa Bonita Colonia within Hidalgo County

On record in Casa Bonita Colonia

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

36 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Casa Bonita Colonia between 2002 and 2017, burning about 201 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined18
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism2
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
7 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFIRE CALL
26 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceILLEGAL BURN
25 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRYAN RD FIRE
21 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Ana National Wildlife RefugeSANTA ANA MEXICO 1
10 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBENTSEN ROAD FIRE
9 July 2005Debris and open burning15 acresSouth Texas Refuge ComplexJACKSON RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hidalgo County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Casa Bonita Colonia: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
BleakleySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Hidalgo 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
North Depot Road Colonia0.5 miles14
Trevino Colonia0.6 miles11
Kane1.1 miles11
McAllen1.1 miles14
Bentsen Colonia1.3 miles11
Sun Valley Colonia1.3 miles11
Bryan's Addition Colonia1.3 miles14
Gray East and West Colonia1.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010497. 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.