BlockEl Gato, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the McAllen-Pharr census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78516. The Survey maps it on the Donna quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1914 USGS San Juan quadrangle1:48000
- 1914 USGS San Juan quadrangle1:62500
- 1916 USGS San Juan quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Donna quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
898 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 898 fires within 5 miles of El Gato between 1996 and 2018, burning about 1,433 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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 | 831 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRASH FIRE |
| 8 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 10-728 |
| 7 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 09-671 |
| 4 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRASH FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-656 |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRASH 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Road Runner Colonia Number 2 | 0.5 miles | 16 | |
| South Alamo | 0.5 miles | 16 | |
| Pentacostal Colonia | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| Whitewing Colonia | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| Esperanza Estates Colonia | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| South Tower Estates Colonia | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Royalty House Number 2 and 3 Colonia | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Southside Village Colonia | 1.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1381015. 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.