BlockLa Fuente Colonia, Texas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the El Paso East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79927. The Survey maps it on the Ysleta quadrangle.
On record in La Fuente Colonia
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Rio Vista Farm Historic District0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 18 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 El Paso quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1908 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Ysleta quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Ysleta quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Ysleta quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Ysleta quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Ysleta quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of La Fuente Colonia in 2011, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TYDERWOOD |
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROSLYN |
| 25 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GREEN DALE |
| 8 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SUNSET HILLS |
| 30 October 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RUDI KUEFNER |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellen Park Colonia | 0.3 miles | 18 | |
| Gurdev Colonia | 0.5 miles | 18 | |
| Lynn Park Replat Colonia | 0.6 miles | 18 | |
| Buford | 0.6 miles | 18 | |
| Monterosales Colonia | 0.6 miles | 18 | |
| Wilton Acres Colonia | 0.6 miles | 18 | |
| Rio Rancho Estates Colonia | 0.6 miles | 18 | |
| San Agustin Colonia | 0.7 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010090. 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.