John L Norris Colonia, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Orange Grove-Sandia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78383. The Survey maps it on the Sandia quadrangle.

John L Norris Colonia within Jim Wells County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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.

1925 USGS Mathis No. 3 quadrangle1:48000
1927 USGS Mathis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Mathis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Sandia quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

158 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of John L Norris Colonia between 2006 and 2020, burning about 3,792 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined	64
Debris and open burning	61
Equipment and vehicle use	19
Power generation/transmission/distribution	6
Recreation and ceremony	2
Natural	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Other causes	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
8 September 2015	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	FM JEFF MYERS
5 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	1100 FM 1540
27 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
23 September 2015	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	HWY 359 AND 227
23 September 2015	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	FM 70
20 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	417 JENIFER LOOP
16 September 2019	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	HENRY BARAJAS
16 September 2019	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	HENRY BARAJAS

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Wadeside Addition Colonia	0.3 miles	12
Sandia	0.3 miles	12
Sandia Gardens Colonia	0.5 miles	11
Norris Tract Number 2 Colonia	0.7 miles	12
Gorbet Estates Colonia	0.7 miles	11
Hodges Addition Colonia	0.7 miles	12
Shady Acres Colonia	2.0 miles	11
Casa Blanca	2.1 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2011433. 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.