BlockGraham Colonia, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Brownsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78586. The Survey maps it on the Olmito quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1930 USGS Barreda quadrangle1:24000
- 1936 USGS Barreda quadrangle1:31680
- 1936 USGS Olmito quadrangle1:31680
- 1945 USGS Olmito quadrangle1:31680
- 1953 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Olmito quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Port Isabel quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Harlingen quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
62 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Graham Colonia between 1993 and 2020, burning about 754 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | 1421 |
| 1 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | SAN BENITO TIRE FIRE |
| 4 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | NATURALOUT |
| 26 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | BOOK |
| 24 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE MUTUAL AID |
| 14 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE MUTUAL AID |
| 1 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | LINK |
| 9 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | RANCHITO |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expressway 83-77 Colonia | 0.6 miles | 15 | |
| East Stenger Street Colonia | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Yost Road Colonia | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Lago Colonia | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Lago | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| El Camino Angosto Colonia | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Pennsylvania Avenue Colonia | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| El Camino Angosto | 1.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010259. 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.