BlockGarza-Salinas Colonia, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Rio Grande City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78582. It stands on Los Olmos Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rio Grande City South quadrangle.
On record in Garza-Salinas 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.
Fort Ringgold Historic Districtlisted 1993 · 0.7 miles away
Rio Grande City Downtown Historic Districtlisted 2005 · 0.7 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.
- 1949 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Escobares quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Rio Grande City South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Rio Grande City South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
364 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 364 fires within 5 miles of Garza-Salinas Colonia between 1996 and 2020, burning about 2,160 acres in total. None started naturally. 26 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/undetermined | 180 |
| Debris and open burning | 143 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 3 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 10 PARROT LN. |
| 3 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | W. HINOJOSA ST. |
| 3 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LA REFORMA ST. |
| 3 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LA MESA ST./MI RANCHITA DR. |
| 28 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Texas Refuge Complex | 83 |
| 24 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1430 RD. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Olmos Colonia | 0.2 miles | 10 | |
| Valle Hermosa Colonia | 0.7 miles | 10 | |
| Tierra Linda Colonia | 1.1 miles | 11 | |
| Share 52 Colonia | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Olmos | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Las Lomas | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Rio Grande City | 1.3 miles | 10 | |
| North Santa Cruz Colonia | 1.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010839. 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.