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Enrique Bazan Colonia, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Mission census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78574. The Survey maps it on the Citrus City quadrangle.

Enrique Bazan Colonia within Hidalgo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

445 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 445 fires within 5 miles of Enrique Bazan Colonia between 2001 and 2020, burning about 3,940 acres in total. None started naturally. 82 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/undetermined176
Debris and open burning172
Arson/incendiarism82
Equipment and vehicle use8
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1

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
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Texas Refuge ComplexLUNCH
7 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Texas Refuge ComplexBENTSEN PILE
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Texas Refuge Complex1427
28 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Texas Refuge ComplexLA HOMA RD
28 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Texas Refuge ComplexDOFFING
18 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSHLINE FIRE
11 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Texas Refuge Complex1 1/2 MILE
9 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMINNESOTA FIRE 5 MILE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hidalgo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Enrique Bazan Colonia: 10 producers, 1 unknown. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Beck Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
BleakleySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Garcia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
No. 1 Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Beck QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerCaliche
Frost PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hawkins PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
J-2 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
J-2 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerCaliche
Shower Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Hidalgo 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
Celso Colonia0.4 miles13
Abram North Colonia0.6 miles13
Acevedo Number 3 Colonia0.6 miles13
Basham Number 13 Colonia0.6 miles13
Doffing0.6 miles13
Basham Number 16 Colonia0.7 miles13
Chula Vista Acres Colonia0.7 miles11
Ariel Hinojosa Colonia Number 30.8 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010402. 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.