Las Lomitas B Colonia, Texas

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the North Jim Hogg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78361. The Survey maps it on the Hebbronville quadrangle.

Las Lomitas B Colonia within Jim Hogg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 6 printed sheets

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.

1956 USGS Laredo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1967 USGS Hebbronville quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Falfurrias quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Las Lomitas B Colonia between 2008 and 2017, burning about 2,826 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.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
15 June 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	1,300 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	BOLT FIRE
30 April 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	250 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	STATE 16 HWY./FM 649 RD.
16 April 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	500 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	HEBBRONVILLE
10 March 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	675 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	LOS OLMOS FIRE
22 January 2017	Power generation/transmission/distribution	100 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	HEBBRONVILLE FIRE
12 January 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jim Hogg County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Las Lomitas B Colonia: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Las Palmas Mine	Uranium	Past Producer	Stratabound
Mobil El Mesquite Plant	Uranium	Producer
Silver Lake Deposit	Uranium	Past Producer	Stratabound

Every working recorded in Jim Hogg County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Las Lomitas	0.7 miles	6
Las Lomitas C Colonia	1.3 miles	6
Las Lomitas A Colonia	1.5 miles	6
Hebbronville	1.9 miles	6
South Fork Colonia	4.7 miles	6
South Fork Estates	4.8 miles	6
Thompsonville	16.8 miles	9
Randado	20.6 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2011494. 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.