BlockLa Coma Colonia, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Los Fresnos-Laureles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78566. The Survey maps it on the Rio Hondo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1929 USGS Rio Hondo quadrangle1:24000
- 1932 USGS Rio Hondo quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Port Isabel quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Rio Hondo quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Harlingen quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
131 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of La Coma Colonia between 1993 and 2020, burning about 912 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning | 63 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | MIDGET |
| 23 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 18 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge | 803 & KEMPNER |
| 30 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 30 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 29 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE VASQUEZ RD |
| 28 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | EL GATO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lourdes Street Colonia | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| East Fresnos Colonia | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Laureles | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Casa del Rey Colonia | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Esquina Colonia | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Paredes Estates Colonia | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Indian Lake | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Green Valley Farms | 3.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010274. 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.