BlockLas Colonias, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Crystal City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78839. The Survey maps it on the Crystal City quadrangle. 283 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 600 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1939 USGS Carrizo Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
118 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Las Colonias between 2005 and 2020, burning about 877 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 582 RIVER LOTS |
| 5 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 582 |
| 25 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIKE AND BIKE BRUSH |
| 18 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EXPOSITION GROUNDS |
| 17 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.6 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STARR |
| 16 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD UVALDE HWY |
| 13 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | AVERHOFF |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Grande Colonia | 0.7 miles | 10 | |
| Triangula Colonia | 0.8 miles | 10 | |
| Amaya Colonia | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| Bee Crest Colonia | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Bushy Creek Colonia | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Camposanto-Elcometa Colonia | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| La Hacienda Estates Number 2 Colonia | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Crystal City | 3.7 miles | 10 |
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 Las Colonias | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q981660 | 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 1852725. 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.