BlockEl Monte Colonia, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Edcouch-Elsa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78538. The Survey maps it on the Edcouch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Port Isabel quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Edcouch quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Harlingen quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
53 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of El Monte Colonia between 1999 and 2017, burning about 408 acres in total. None 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/undetermined | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 9.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ELSA FIRE |
| 1 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | EDCOUCH |
| 2 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2812 AND VALVERDE |
| 13 June 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | LRGV |
| 12 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 May 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | CEMETARY |
| 6 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 125 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | ELSA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Lookingbill Number 1 Colonia | 0.3 miles | 9 | |
| George Lookingbill Number 2 Colonia | 0.4 miles | 9 | |
| Bar Number 3 Colonia | 1.0 miles | 9 | |
| Bernal Heights Number 1 Colonia | 1.0 miles | 9 | |
| Bernal Heights Number 2 Colonia | 1.0 miles | 9 | |
| Colonia Claude Lookingbill | 1.2 miles | 10 | |
| Oak Colonia | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Hacienda el Porvenir Colonia | 1.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010386. 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.