BlockLa Parra Landing, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Sarita census division. The Survey maps it on the Riviera Beach quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 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.
- 1928 USGS Sarita quadrangle1:125000
- 1950 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Riviera Beach quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Riviera Beach quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Baffin Bay quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of La Parra Landing between 2001 and 2019, burning about 430 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2013 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LA PARRA BEACH HOUSE |
| 15 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KLEBERG COUNTY BEACH FIRE |
| 18 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 4 |
| 11 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 771 |
| 26 February 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CALEB ROACH CONTROL BURN |
| 11 February 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RIVIERA BEACH |
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.
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 Q122553610 | 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 1378543. 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.