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Francis Addition Colonia, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the McAllen-Pharr census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78501. The Survey maps it on the Pharr quadrangle.

Francis Addition Colonia within Hidalgo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 14 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

67 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Francis Addition Colonia between 1996 and 2018, burning about 388 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
7 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFIRE CALL
27 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service11-740
26 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceILLEGAL BURN
21 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Ana National Wildlife RefugeSANTA ANA MEXICO 1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Whalen Acres Colonia0.4 miles14
Bryan's Addition Colonia0.8 miles14
McAllen0.9 miles14
Palm Heights Colonia1.1 miles14
Diaz Colonia1.2 miles14
Ridge Road Colonia1.2 miles14
Yvonne Colonia1.4 miles14
McDaniel Colonia1.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010417. 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.