Islitas, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Laredo North-Webb census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78045. The Survey maps it on the Dolores Ranch quadrangle.

Islitas within Webb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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.

1956 USGS Islitas quadrangle1:62500
1956 USGS Laredo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1965 USGS Dolores Ranch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Laredo quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Islitas in 2017, burning about 5 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning	2

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
2 March 2017	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	FM 1472
17 March 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	SULFER MINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Webb County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Islitas: 8 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Tasita Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Dolores Ranch Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Gravel, Sand
Dolores Ranch Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Garcia Sand and Gravel Patino Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Leyendecker Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Gravel, Sand
Patino Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Gravel, Sand
Reuthinger Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Gravel, Sand
Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Gravel, Sand

Every working recorded in Webb 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Antonio Santos Colonia	2.1 miles	8
Los Minerales Colonia	2.1 miles	8
Ranchos Penitas West	2.3 miles	8
Los Corralitos Colonia	5.4 miles	8
Minera	6.7 miles	8
Santo Tomas	7.4 miles	8
Orvil	9.1 miles	10
Nye	10.7 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378485. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.