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Manuel Garcia Number 2 Colonia, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the La Grulla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78582. It stands on Garcias Creek. The Survey maps it on the La Grulla quadrangle.

Manuel Garcia Number 2 Colonia within Starr County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

504 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 504 fires within 5 miles of Manuel Garcia Number 2 Colonia between 1997 and 2020, burning about 4,306 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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
Debris and open burning323
Missing data/not specified/undetermined154
Equipment and vehicle use12
Arson/incendiarism9
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
9 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service86 OLD CASITA RD
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Texas Refuge ComplexHAY
7 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBENITO ST.
7 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOLD CASITA RD.
6 September 2015Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6154 FM 1430 RD
5 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceAURORA ST.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Starr County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Manuel Garcia Number 2 Colonia: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alto Bonito PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerCaliche
Nordmeyer Incorporated OperationsClayProducer
Alto Bonito Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lopez Ready Mix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand

Every working recorded in Starr 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
Victoria Vera Colonia0.4 miles11
Garciasville0.4 miles11
Loma Linda East Colonia1.0 miles11
La Casita1.5 miles11
West Alto Bonito Colonia1.5 miles11
Manuel Garcia Colonia1.5 miles11
Montalvo Hills Colonia1.7 miles11
Olivia Lopez de Gutierrez Colonia1.7 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010785. 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.