BlockLas Pilas Colonia Number 2, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Laredo North-Webb census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78044. The Survey maps it on the Piedra Parada Tank quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1937 USGS Aguilete Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Laredo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Piedra Parada Tank quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Laredo quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Las Pilas Colonia Number 2 in 2017, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LAS PILAS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Village East Colonia | 0.4 miles | 8 | |
| Pueblo East Colonia | 0.4 miles | 8 | |
| East Gate Acres Colonia | 0.5 miles | 8 | |
| Valle Verde Colonia | 0.6 miles | 8 | |
| Las Pilas Colonia Number 1 | 0.7 miles | 8 | |
| Hillside Acres Number 1 Colonia | 0.7 miles | 8 | |
| Hillside Acres Number 2 Colonia | 0.8 miles | 8 | |
| Ranchitos Las Lomas | 1.7 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010696. 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.