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Highland Addition Colonia, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Alice census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78332. The Survey maps it on the San Diego quadrangle.

Highland Addition Colonia within Jim Wells County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

71 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Highland Addition Colonia between 2005 and 2016, burning about 290 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined58
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service4014 W.44 FIRE.
4 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1400 CHRISTINA ST.FIRE.
30 August 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service346 CR. 147
25 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePEREZ FIRE
25 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSAN JOSE FIRE
24 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest Service18 C.R. 150 / PLOT 2/3 FIRE
1 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service529 WEST SAN DIEGO
23 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service237 CR.147

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jim Wells 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
Muil1.0 miles8
Loma Linda East Colonia1.7 miles8
Springfield2.3 miles8
J W Owens Estates Colonia3.4 miles7
Hilltop Estates Number 2 Colonia5.5 miles7
Hilltop Estates Colonia5.8 miles7
Goldapp Colonia5.8 miles7
Coyote Acres Colonia6.0 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2011471. 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.