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Colita, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Corrigan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77351. It stands on Bridge Creek. The Survey maps it on the Colita quadrangle.

Colita within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

61 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Colita between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,774 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 7 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
Debris and open burning27
Natural10
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Fireworks3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 675
30 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 202
24 September 2011Natural3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSPORTSMANS
22 September 2005Debris and open burning7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 249
21 September 2016Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest Service8058
2 September 2000Natural250 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 640
19 September 1992Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk 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
Patonia2.2 miles13
Bold Springs3.6 miles13
Bering7.7 miles13
Onalaska7.8 miles13
Walda7.9 miles13
Carmona7.9 miles13
Seven Oaks7.9 miles13
New Willard8.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034909. 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.