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King Ranch Colonia Number 2, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Sullivan City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78576. The Survey maps it on the La Joya quadrangle.

King Ranch Colonia Number 2 within Hidalgo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 10 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

348 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 348 fires within 5 miles of King Ranch Colonia Number 2 between 1994 and 2018, burning about 4,999 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 67 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 burning131
Missing data/not specified/undetermined127
Arson/incendiarism67
Equipment and vehicle use7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Natural4
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeDOVE
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeBURNING BARREL
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.5 acresLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeABRAM LEVEE
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Texas Refuge Complex1427
28 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Texas Refuge ComplexDOFFING
11 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Texas Refuge Complex1 1/2 MILE
9 August 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeGARZA
8 August 1994Arson/incendiarism15 acresLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge13

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hidalgo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of King Ranch Colonia Number 2: 12 producers, 1 unknown. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Beck Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Crow Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Garcia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
No. 1 Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sullivan CitySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Beck QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerCaliche
Bell PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Frost PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hawkins PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
J-2 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working 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
El Rio Colonia0.0 miles10
King Ranch Colonia Number 10.1 miles10
Colonia Camargo0.2 miles10
Colonia Martinez0.3 miles10
Nuevo Penitas Colonia0.7 miles10
Penitas1.0 miles10
La Joya1.5 miles10
Lakeview Colonia1.5 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2011140. 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.