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La Gloria, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Rio Grande City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78591. The Survey maps it on the La Gloria quadrangle.

La Gloria within Starr County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

9 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of La Gloria between 2005 and 2020, burning about 3,184 acres in total. None 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
24 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceN 755
9 June 2016Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 755 RD
5 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined125 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSANTA ELANA
27 June 2005Equipment and vehicle use141 acresSouth Texas Refuge ComplexAGUA NUEVA
21 May 2005Arson/incendiarism2,200 acresSouth Texas Refuge ComplexYZAGUIRRE
6 March 2019Equipment and vehicle use75 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSAN ISIDRO
11 October 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresSouth Texas Refuge Complex33
8 January 2006Debris and open burning500 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Starr County

Storms near this place

11 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Gloria in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2008Flash FloodLa Gloria$10,000The slow west, then northwest, movement of Hurricane Dolly through Willacy County during the daylight hours of the 23rd generally kept the heaviest rains from moving into the western Lower Rio Grande Valley. However, overnight on the 23rd, and especially during the morning hours of the 24th, persistent heavy rain bands developed, initially just west and southwest of the immediate center of circulation as it moved into southern Jim Hogg County between 230 and 430 AM, then mainly around and after sunrise in bands stretching from Roma in southwest Starr County northeast toward La Gloria. Arroyos in and near Roma filled quickly, and some minor flash flooding likely resulted from the rainfall, before the rains gradually tapered off toward noon on the 24th. ||Measured and estimated rainfall in Starr County, particularly where the likely flooding occurred, 8 to 12 inches occurred, with perhaps a bit more just to the southeast of Falcon Heights and north/northeast of Roma.||Property and Crop damage are currently estimated. Property damage is estimated based on insured damage reports from FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program, but are likely a bit lower than actual damages since most impacted areas were likely insured. Updates will be provided as additional data are received.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindLa Gloria$2,000Tree and roof damage.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindLa Gloria-Multiple trees were reported down and blocking roadways to the north of La Gloria near highway 755. Time estimated via radar.
April 2012HailLa Gloria-Quarter sized hail fell across northeast portions of Starr County. United States Postal Office and a coop observer reported hail between 4:20 pm and 4:40 pm between San Ysidro and La Gloria.
May 2007HailLa Gloria-Golf ball size hail was reported along Highway 1017.
July 2002Flash FloodLa Gloria-Law enforcement officials reported flash flooding over Highway 755 in La Gloria.
May 2000HailLa Gloria-The United States Post Office in La Gloria received several reports of nickel size hail from people living in Starr and Jim Hogg counties.
December 2002HailLa Gloria-no account filed
March 2000Thunderstorm WindLa Gloria-no account filed
May 1997HailLa Gloria-no account filed
May 1997HailLa Gloria-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Starr 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
Old Santa Elena2.4 miles11
Santa Elena3.3 miles11
San Isidro3.6 miles11
Santa Anna4.2 miles10
Gloria Colonia4.5 miles11
Santa Catarina5.4 miles10
El Centro5.4 miles11
Robberson5.9 miles10

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on La GloriaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6462771The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1339318. 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.