BlockEl Carro, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Orange Grove-Sandia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78332. It stands on Javalina Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shaeffer Ranch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1920 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Laredo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Shaeffer Ranch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Alice quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of El Carro between 2008 and 2019, burning about 328 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 281 |
| 23 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | N.281 - 9 MILES N. OF ALICE |
| 13 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6757 HWY 281 |
| 1 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 281 & CR 225 |
| 14 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 May 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MAY VEHICLE FIRE US281 |
| 28 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | N.281 FIRE |
| 2 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | N.281 C.R. 225 FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Petronilla Number 3 Colonia | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Amargosa Colonia | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Amargosa Number 2 Colonia | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Owl Ranch Number 3 Colonia | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Owl Ranch | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Owl Ranch Number 2 Colonia | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Owl Ranch Number 1 Colonia | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Salinas Colonia | 4.1 miles | 9 |
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 Q122563694 | 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 1378244. 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.