Lake Mathis Point Colonia, Texas

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.

• 1925 USGS Mathis No. 2 quadrangle1:48000
• 1927 USGS Mathis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
• 1954 USGS Mathis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
• 1979 USGS Dinero quadrangle1:24000
• 1985 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Lake Mathis Point Colonia between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,796 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• North Lakeshore Gardens Colonia
• Heldnfelt
• Hidden Acres
• Hidden Acres Colonia
• La Ponderosa Colonia
• Lakeshore Gardens

Every fire recorded in San Patricio County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Lake Mathis Point Colonia: 5 producers, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium, 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.

Every working recorded in San Patricio County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2011324. 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.