BlockEl Calaboz, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Brownsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78586. The Survey maps it on the La Paloma quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1929 USGS La Paloma quadrangle1:24000
- 1936 USGS La Paloma quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS La Paloma quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Port Isabel quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Harlingen quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS La Paloma quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
82 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of El Calaboz between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,174 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 burning | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | RANCHITO2 |
| 3 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | RANCHITO E |
| 3 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | RANCHITO W |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | USDA |
| 6 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | LA ENCANTADA |
| 31 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | 1421 |
| 29 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | GARZACAUAZ |
| 22 August 1997 | Smoking | 10 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | RANCHITO2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Calabozo Colonia | 0.1 miles | 13 | |
| Ranchito | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Encantada Colonia | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Esparza Colonia Number 2 | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Esparza Colonia Number 1 | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Ismael Montalvo Colonia Number 2 | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Ismael Montalvo Colonia Number 1 | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| La Paloma Junction | 1.4 miles | 13 |
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 Q122540442 | The 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 1373601. 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.