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Espantosa Colonia, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Carrizo Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78834. The Survey maps it on the Crystal City quadrangle.

Espantosa Colonia within Dimmit County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

82 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Espantosa Colonia between 2005 and 2020, burning about 695 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural1

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
9 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 582 RIVER LOTS
20 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHIKE AND BIKE BRUSH
18 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceEXPOSITION GROUNDS
17 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.6 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTARR
20 August 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRIVER LOTS FIRE
18 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 191
14 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 393 FIRE
14 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceAVENUE A FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dimmit 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
Winter Haven1.4 miles9
Carrizo Springs7.4 miles9
Carrizo Hill8.5 miles9
Carrizo Hills Colonia8.7 miles9
Brundage9.5 miles8
Asherton13.4 miles10
Big Wells14.5 miles8
Las Vegas19.0 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010187. 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.