Glasscock Estates Colonia, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Mission census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78573. The Survey maps it on the Mission quadrangle.

Glasscock Estates Colonia within Hidalgo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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.

1949 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Mission quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1983 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
1992 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:100000
2002 USGS Mission quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

120 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Glasscock Estates Colonia between 2002 and 2016, burning about 498 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 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	57
Debris and open burning	39
Arson/incendiarism	20
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
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
8 September 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Texas Refuge Complex	LUNCH
28 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Texas Refuge Complex	LA HOMA RD
25 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	BRYAN RD FIRE
23 August 2005	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	South Texas Refuge Complex	MOOREFIELD
21 August 2004	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	South Texas Refuge Complex	ALTON
10 August 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	BENTSEN ROAD FIRE
10 August 2004	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Texas Refuge Complex	MOOREFIELD DOG
1 August 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	South Texas Refuge Complex	2 MILE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hidalgo County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Glasscock Estates Colonia: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Bleakley	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Storylane Colonia	0.2 miles	11
Perlas de Naranja Colonia	0.4 miles	11
Alturas de Azahares Colonia	0.4 miles	11
Grovewood Estates Colonia	0.4 miles	11
Citrus Hills Colonia	0.5 miles	11
Palmhurst Manor Number 1 Colonia	0.5 miles	11
Sendero Colonia	0.6 miles	11
Coronado Colonia	0.6 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2011189. 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.