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Leslie Colonia, Texas

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

Leslie Colonia within Hidalgo County

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

83 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Leslie Colonia between 1993 and 2016, burning about 1,847 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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/undetermined36
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism18
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
5 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeTORTUGA
30 September 1997Smoking20 acresLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeLATE
25 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRYAN RD FIRE
22 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeMARI
29 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined45 acresLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeCOTTAM7
25 August 1997Debris and open burning1.5 acresLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeTRASH
23 August 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeLAW

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 Leslie 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
Mata Colonia0.6 miles11
Valley View Estates Colonia1.1 miles11
Sharyland1.3 miles11
Sun Valley Colonia1.3 miles11
Kane1.4 miles11
Bentsen Colonia1.7 miles11
Trevino Colonia1.9 miles11
Leona Colonia2.2 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2011089. 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.