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Chihuahua, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Sullivan City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78572. The Survey maps it on the La Joya quadrangle.

Chihuahua within Hidalgo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 10 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

473 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 473 fires within 5 miles of Chihuahua between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,576 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 95 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/undetermined178
Debris and open burning175
Arson/incendiarism95
Equipment and vehicle use12
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Texas Refuge ComplexLUNCH
7 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Texas Refuge ComplexBENTSEN PILE
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeDOVE
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.5 acresLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeABRAM LEVEE
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Texas Refuge Complex1427
28 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Texas Refuge ComplexLA HOMA RD
28 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Texas Refuge ComplexDOFFING
2 September 2000Arson/incendiarism125 acresLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugePALMVIEW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hidalgo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Chihuahua: 12 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Beck Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Crow Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Garcia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
No. 1 Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Beck QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerCaliche
Bell PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Frost PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hawkins PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
J-2 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
J-2 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerCaliche

Every working recorded in Hidalgo County

Storms near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chihuahua in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2016Thunderstorm WindChihuahua$10,000,000Initial damage to tree limbs and some poorly built roofs in the Mission/Palmview area would intensify by the time the downburst reached the Madero and Granjeno communities, where more than 100 homes sustained varying levels of damage, dozens of power poles were felled, and hundreds of softwood trees were uprooted. Specific damage and associated impacts included the following: At least 150 homes and businesses sustained notable damage, and several dozen required significant repair. This included varied damage to nearly every building (RV, trailer, and fixed structure) in the Chimney Park RV and Mobile Home Park along the Rio Grande, as well as the adjacent neighborhood of Madero. The State Farm Arena lost a large part of its cladding (side wall) and up to 40% of its roof shingles and underneath decking allowing rainwater to leak into the facility. A several thousand foot community center in the town of Granejo was destroyed as free-standing reinforced cinderblock walls crumbled, and the wind destroyed ductwork/HVAC and an entire side wall on its way out of the building. A tractor trailer weighing 79,000 pounds, including freight, was moved and then tipped on its side in the community of Madero. Hundreds of softwood trees were uprooted and thousands of tree limbs were snapped, these included ash, mesquite, ebony, and palm. Dozens of wooden power poles were snapped, with more than 20,000 customers without power.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindChihuahua$1,000Local law enforcement reported signs blown down on Interstate 2 in Palmview.
April 2023HailChihuahua-Several members of the public reported ping pong ball (1.5) sized hail in and around the Palmview area.
April 2012HailChihuahua-Reports of quarter to golf ball size hail were reported over a swath of heavily populated urban Mission and McAllen.
June 2009HailChihuahua-Channel 12 (McAllen Cable Access Television) reported quarter size and perhaps larger hail fell during a thunderstorm in the city of Mission during the evening. Nickel size hail was reported a bit earlier by a resident 1 mile north of Palmview, as well as several large limbs being knocked down. The mini supercell raced south southeast, likely producing additional hail southeast of Mission. Most reports were received between 927 and 930 PM CDT.

Every storm 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
Carlos Acres Colonia0.2 miles10
Chihuahua Colonia0.3 miles10
Mata Colonia Number 20.5 miles10
Riverside Estates Colonia0.7 miles10
Perezville0.7 miles10
Tierra Maria Colonia0.9 miles10
Silverado Colonia0.9 miles10
Loma Linda Heights Colonia1.0 miles10

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122570370The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1332737. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.