Los Alvarez, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Rio Grande City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78582. It stands on Arroyo Quiote. The Survey maps it on the Roma-Los Saenz East quadrangle. 247 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 197 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresLos Alvarez fell from 1,434 to 247 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,434 | |
| 2010 | 303 | -1,131 (-79%) |
| 2020 | 247 | -56 (-18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 9 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.
- 1949 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Escobares quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Roma-Los Saenz East quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
908 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 908 fires within 5 miles of Los Alvarez between 2002 and 2020, burning about 4,953 acres in total. None started naturally. 30 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/undetermined | 687 |
| Debris and open burning | 175 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAZAN AVE. |
| 7 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6 N SAN JULIAN RD. |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DOCKER RD. |
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CINDY'S AVE. |
| 6 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VICTOR LN. |
| 6 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAZAN RD. |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUNIZ CIR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Los Alvarez: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fidel Guerra Gravel Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Guerra Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Blanco Colonia | 0.2 miles | 9 | |
| Barrera Colonia | 0.3 miles | 9 | |
| Remolino | 0.4 miles | 9 | |
| El Quiote Colonia | 0.5 miles | 9 | |
| Campo Verde Colonia | 0.7 miles | 9 | |
| Flor del Rio Colonia | 0.8 miles | 9 | |
| Anacua Colonia | 1.0 miles | 9 | |
| Los Barreras | 1.0 miles | 9 |
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 Los Alvarez | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q981599 | 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 1852732. 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.







