BlockFourth Hidalgo Colonia, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Taft census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78390. The Survey maps it on the Taft quadrangle.
On record in Fourth Hidalgo Colonia
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Taft Public Housing Development (North)listed 2018 · 0.6 miles away
Taft Public Housing Development (South)listed 2018 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 11 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.
- 1925 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Taft quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Fourth Hidalgo Colonia between 2018 and 2019, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 10 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fourth Hidalgo Colonia: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fosboro Phosphate Plant | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Third Hidalgo Colonia | 0.1 miles | 11 | |
| Fifth Hidalgo Colonia | 0.2 miles | 11 | |
| Roosevelt Colonia | 0.3 miles | 11 | |
| Second Roosevelt Colonia | 0.4 miles | 11 | |
| Tierra Buena Colonia | 0.6 miles | 11 | |
| Algodon Colonia | 0.6 miles | 11 | |
| Taft | 0.7 miles | 11 | |
| Midway | 3.4 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2011311. 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.