BlockEl Centro, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Rio Grande City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78536. The Survey maps it on the San Isidro quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1939 USGS La Reforma quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS San Isidro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Encino quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Encino quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of El Centro between 2006 and 2019, burning about 2,832 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2294 RD. |
| 11 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | DELMITA |
| 21 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 120 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAT CLAW RANCH FIRE |
| 9 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LA REFORMA FIRE |
| 10 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 530 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | HIDALGO COUNTY LINE |
| 20 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 520 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DELMITA FIRE |
| 20 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | HINOJOSA |
| 6 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names El Centro in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Hail | El Centro | - | Hidalgo S.O. relayed report from the general republic of 1.5 inch hail west of San Isidro. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delmita | 1.1 miles | 11 | |
| Arkansas City | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Gloria Colonia | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| San Isidro | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| La Reforma | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Old Santa Elena | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| La Gloria | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Santa Elena | 6.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034818. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.