BlockLa Para, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the George West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78022. The Survey maps it on the Mulos Hills quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Fleming quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Mulos Hills quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of La Para between 2006 and 2019, burning about 1,499 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD2011-93 |
| 18 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD2019092 |
| 1 July 2008 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 June 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD2019078 |
| 20 June 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IH 37 & HWY 59 |
| 20 June 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IH37 & US59 |
| 1 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD201853 |
| 29 April 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Creek Acres | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Mikeska | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Karon | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| George West | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| Oakville | 9.7 miles | 11 | |
| Dinero | 9.7 miles | 12 | |
| Ike | 10.7 miles | 11 | |
| Ray Point | 12.4 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122549381 | The 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 1378542. 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.