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Leona Colonia, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Mission census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78572. The Survey maps it on the Mission quadrangle.

Leona Colonia within Hidalgo County

On record in Leona Colonia

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 6 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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.

Fires near this place

246 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 246 fires within 5 miles of Leona Colonia between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,601 acres in total. None started naturally. 47 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined98
Debris and open burning88
Arson/incendiarism47
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Texas Refuge ComplexLUNCH
7 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Texas Refuge ComplexBENTSEN PILE
5 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeTORTUGA
28 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Texas Refuge ComplexLA HOMA RD
25 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRYAN RD FIRE
11 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Texas Refuge Complex1 1/2 MILE
30 August 2005Other causesunder an acreSouth Texas Refuge ComplexAMERICANO
23 August 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Texas Refuge ComplexMOOREFIELD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hidalgo County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Leona Colonia: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
BleakleySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
MaderoClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Hidalgo 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Bodine Colonia0.8 miles11
Mission0.8 miles11
Stewart Place Colonia0.9 miles11
Conway Plaza Colonia0.9 miles11
Palm Acres Number 1 Colonia0.9 miles11
Valley View Estates Colonia1.1 miles11
Sharyland1.3 miles11
Las Brisas Colonia1.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2011088. 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.