BlockIsla, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the El Paso East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79838. The Survey maps it on the Isla quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1896 USGS Rio Grande quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1941 USGS Tornillo quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Tornillo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Isla quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Tornillo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Isla in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2010 | Flash Flood | Isla | $30,000 | El Paso County Sheriff reported flooding in several homes and along many streets in Tornillo. Up to two inches of rain was reported in the town of Tornillo. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Isla | - | Fabens Mesonet site reported a peak gust of 63 mph. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Isla | - | Flooding along Railroad Avenue in Tornillo was reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanchez Colonia | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Fabens | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Cuadrilla | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Morning Glory | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Sunshine Acres Colonia | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Morning Glory Manor Colonia | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Connington Colonia | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Las Pampas Number 4 Colonia | 6.1 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1388215. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.