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El Cenizo Colonia Number 1, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Laredo South-El Cenizo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78046. The Survey maps it on the Isla Mesteno quadrangle.

El Cenizo Colonia Number 1 within Webb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 7 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

88 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of El Cenizo Colonia Number 1 between 2010 and 2020, burning about 375 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined39
Debris and open burning27
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Smoking8
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
22 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
1 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE
6 August 2015Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASSFIRE
5 August 2012Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
31 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE
3 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Webb County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of El Cenizo Colonia Number 1: 5 producers. 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
Pinto Valley No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand

Every working recorded in Webb 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
El Cenizo1.5 miles8
Rio Bravo Annex Colonia2.2 miles8
Rio Bravo2.5 miles8
Rio Bravo Colonia2.5 miles8
One River Place Colonia5.0 miles9
La Presa Colonia5.8 miles9
La Presa5.8 miles9
Old Milwaukee West Colonia11.5 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010685. 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.