La Paloma Site Colonia, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Mission census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78574. The Survey maps it on the Citrus City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1940 USGS Monte Christo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Citrus City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Citrus City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
497 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 497 fires within 5 miles of La Paloma Site Colonia between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4,212 acres in total. None started naturally. 94 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 195 |
| Debris and open burning | 190 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 94 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | LUNCH |
| 7 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Texas Refuge Complex | BENTSEN PILE |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | DOVE |
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Texas Refuge Complex | 1427 |
| 28 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Texas Refuge Complex | LA HOMA RD |
| 28 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Texas Refuge Complex | DOFFING |
| 11 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | 1 1/2 MILE |
| 9 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MINNESOTA FIRE 5 MILE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of La Paloma Site Colonia: 10 producers. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beck Pit & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Garcia Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| No. 1 Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Beck Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Caliche | |
| Frost Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hawkins Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| J-2 Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| J-2 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Caliche | |
| Shower Pit & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Shower Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Caliche |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basham Number 12 Colonia | 0.2 miles | 13 | |
| Basham Number 16 Colonia | 0.3 miles | 13 | |
| Doffing | 0.3 miles | 13 | |
| Basham Number 13 Colonia | 0.3 miles | 13 | |
| Munoz Estates Colonia | 0.4 miles | 13 | |
| Celso Colonia | 0.4 miles | 13 | |
| Goodwin Heights Number 1 Colonia | 0.8 miles | 13 | |
| Mary K Acres Colonia | 0.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2011118. 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.








