BlockLos Nogales Estates Colonia, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Harlingen-San Benito census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78586. The Survey maps it on the Santa Maria quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1929 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:24000
- 1936 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Port Isabel quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Harlingen quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
94 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Los Nogales Estates Colonia between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,293 acres in total. None started naturally. 25 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 | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Texas Refuge Complex | GENESE1 |
| 25 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | ADAMS CANAL N/O |
| 18 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | RESACA DE LOS FRESNOS |
| 12 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | HAY BALE |
| 11 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | CULEBRON |
| 11 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | PIONEER |
| 5 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | LAGLORIA |
| 31 July 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | VIEJO 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venadito | 0.3 miles | 13 | |
| Las Rusias | 0.4 miles | 13 | |
| El Venadito Colonia | 0.4 miles | 13 | |
| Los Indios | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Rangerville | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Rangerville Estates Colonia | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Rangerville Colonia | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Carricitos | 3.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010290. 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.