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Four A's Colonia, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the San Diego census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78384. The Survey maps it on the Rosita SE quadrangle.

Four A's Colonia within Duval County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

51 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Four A's Colonia between 2005 and 2012, burning about 270 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/undetermined40
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1400 CHRISTINA ST.FIRE.
25 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePEREZ FIRE
24 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest Service18 C.R. 150 / PLOT 2/3 FIRE
18 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
15 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service5457 W.44 FIRE.
6 May 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service483 C.R. 145 FIRE.
29 May 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceC.R. 145 FIRE.
7 April 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duval 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
Mi Tierra Colonia2.0 miles8
Cadena Colonia2.6 miles7
San Diego2.7 miles8
County Road 111 Colonia3.3 miles8
North Buena Vista Colonia4.0 miles7
Buena Vista Colonia4.1 miles7
La Masa Road Colonia4.5 miles7
Rosita9.5 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010142. 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.