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De La Cruz Colonia, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Roma-Los Saenz census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78584. It lies near Arroyo Roma. The Survey maps it on the Roma-Los Saenz West quadrangle.

De La Cruz Colonia within Starr County

On record in De La Cruz 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 2 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 9 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

625 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 625 fires within 5 miles of De La Cruz Colonia between 1999 and 2020, burning about 3,111 acres in total. None started naturally. 31 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/undetermined470
Debris and open burning114
Arson/incendiarism31
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBAZAN AVE.
7 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6 N SAN JULIAN RD.
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDOCKER RD.
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCINDY'S AVE.
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceVICTOR LN.
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDOLPHIN ST.
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBAZAN RD.
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeGARCENO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Starr 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 De La Cruz Colonia: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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
Guerra PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand

Every working recorded in Starr 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
Roma-Los Saenz0.3 miles9
Roma0.3 miles9
Moreno Colonia0.9 miles9
Garza Addition Colonia0.9 miles9
Campobello Colonia0.9 miles9
Campobello Number 2 Colonia1.0 miles9
Los Saenz1.0 miles9
Javier Ramirez Colonia1.1 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2011278. 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.