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I B Avila Colonia, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Southeast Hidalgo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78537. The Survey maps it on the Donna quadrangle.

I B Avila Colonia within Hidalgo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

660 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 660 fires within 5 miles of I B Avila Colonia between 2003 and 2018, burning about 1,414 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 burning620
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTRASH FIRE
8 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service10-728
7 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTRASH FIRE
4 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service11-656
4 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
3 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Scissors0.6 miles16
Schroeder Colonia0.6 miles16
Panfilo Martinez Colonia0.8 miles16
Balli Colonia Number 11.1 miles16
Victoria Belen Colonia1.1 miles16
Balli Estates Colonia1.1 miles16
Tierra Prieta Colonia1.1 miles16
River Road Colonia1.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2011226. 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.