BlockColony, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Flatonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78941. The Survey maps it on the Cistern quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1901 USGS Flatonia quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Cistern quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Colony between 1997 and 2020, burning about 476 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 35 |
| 6 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.3 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIVE OAK |
| 15 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRAILER TIRE |
| 29 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 July 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FRANK HUFF |
| 13 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | 90 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Colony: 6 producers, 6 past producers, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Bentonite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Pit | Bentonite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Ash Pit | Bentonite | Past Producer | ||
| Brenner Pit | Bentonite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Brenner Pit | Bentonite | Unknown | ||
| Brown Pit | Bentonite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Brown Pit | Bentonite | Past Producer | ||
| Cherry Pit | Bentonite | Producer | Bentonite | |
| Cherry Pit | Bentonite | Past Producer | ||
| Dewitt Pit | Bentonite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Dewitt Pit | Bentonite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Colony in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colony | $2,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 50 mph that blew down several trees north of Flatonia. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378144. 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.