BlockMadero, 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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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
- 1957 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Mission quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Mission quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
219 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 219 fires within 5 miles of Madero between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,486 acres in total. None started naturally. 59 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 | 76 |
| Debris and open burning | 67 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 59 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | LUNCH |
| 5 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | TORTUGA |
| 30 September 1997 | Smoking | 20 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | LATE |
| 22 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | MARI |
| 2 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 125 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | PALMVIEW |
| 5 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 110 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | EL MORILLO |
| 5 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | ANZALDUAS |
| 30 August 2005 | Other causes | under an acre | South Texas Refuge Complex | AMERICANO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Madero: 12 producers, 1 unknown. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madero | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Madero in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2015 | Flash Flood | Madero | - | Between 4 to 6 inches of rain fell across Alton, Mission, and parts of McAllen leading to pockets of water up to three feet deep. Mission Police Department reported flood waters up to the tops of car tires throughout much of the city of Mission. Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office reported flooding resulting in impassable roads at the intersection of U.S. 83 and 23rd Street and U.S. 83 and Ware Road. The city of Alton sent one truck to pump water near Glasscock Boulevard and Main Street. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Lomita (historical) | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Meadow Creek Country Club Colonia | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Granjeno | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Leslie Colonia | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Umberto Garcia Junior Colonia | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Mission | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Tierra Dorada Colonia | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Sno-Bird Estates Colonia | 3.3 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122549705 | 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 1340823. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.