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Louis and J Hoyt Subdivision Colonia, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Edcouch-Elsa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78599. The Survey maps it on the Edcouch quadrangle.

Louis and J Hoyt Subdivision Colonia within Hidalgo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

54 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Louis and J Hoyt Subdivision Colonia between 2003 and 2017, burning about 455 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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/undetermined29
Debris and open burning19
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2012Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4 WEST FIRE
20 August 2009Misuse of fire by a minor9.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceELSA FIRE
11 August 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 July 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Texas Refuge Complex12 MILE
19 July 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
19 July 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
1 July 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Texas Refuge ComplexEDCOUCH
4 June 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Texas Refuge ComplexTIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Garza Colonia Number 20.5 miles9
Garza Colonia Number 10.5 miles9
SH 88-15 North-4 West Colonia0.5 miles9
L and P Colonia0.6 miles10
La Pampa Colonia0.8 miles9
Uvalde Colonia0.8 miles9
SH 88-14 North-6 West Colonia0.8 miles9
Catherine Colonia0.9 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2011110. 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.