BlockLa Gloria, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Premont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78355. The Survey maps it on the Premont West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1921 USGS Falfurrias quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Laredo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Premont West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Falfurrias quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
60 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of La Gloria between 2008 and 2017, burning about 9,174 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 306 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PREMONT COMPLEX |
| 18 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DAVID HORNSBY'S RESIDENCE |
| 17 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1,300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DCP & HORNSBY FIRE |
| 16 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MR GARCIA'S HAY TRAILOR |
| 14 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR229 |
| 1 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CO. 401 BROOKS CO. |
| 29 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PREMONT MUTUAL AID |
| 9 June 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHORT GRASS 1418 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Gloria in 2 storm reports in 2018: 1 flash flood, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premont | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Seeligson | 8.9 miles | 8 | |
| Ella | 13.3 miles | 8 | |
| Palito Blanco | 21.6 miles | 7 | |
| Ben Bolt | 25.4 miles | 7 | |
| English Acres Colonia | 29.6 miles | 7 | |
| Coyote Acres | 29.8 miles | 7 | |
| Goldapp Colonia | 30.0 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378540. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.