BlockDerby Colonia, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Pearsall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78017. The Survey maps it on the Derby quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1925 USGS Pearsall 1-c quadrangle1:48000
- 1927 USGS Pearsall quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Derby quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
238 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 238 fires within 5 miles of Derby Colonia between 2005 and 2019, burning about 2,018 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 184 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 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 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4425, 3 MILES WEST OF IH 35 |
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 95 SOUTHBOUND |
| 7 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 88 NORTHBOUND |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 87 1/2 SOUTHBOUND |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 89 SOUTHBOUND |
| 3 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derby | 0.2 miles | 11 | |
| Melon | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Hilltop Colonia | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hilltop | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Divot | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Dilley | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Cude Crossing Windmill | 8.3 miles | 10 | |
| Pearsall | 8.5 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2009981. 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.