Green Valley Farms Colonia, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Los Fresnos-Laureles 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
98 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Green Valley Farms Colonia between 1993 and 2020, burning about 648 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 burning | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 18 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge | 803 & KEMPNER |
| 29 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE VASQUEZ RD |
| 28 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | EL GATO |
| 26 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | 1575 |
| 25 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 24 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Valley Farms | 0.1 miles | 15 | |
| Glenwood Acres Colonia | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Rancho Grande Colonia | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| East Stenger Street Colonia | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Graham Colonia | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Expressway 83-77 Colonia | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Russelltown | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Casa del Rey Colonia | 3.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010261. 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.









