BlockMcAllen, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the McAllen-Pharr census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78501. The Survey maps it on the Pharr quadrangle. 142,210 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 121 feet above sea level.
On record in McAllen
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 5 records
Mary S. and Gordon Griffin Houselisted 2014
M and J Nelson Buildinglisted 2008
Sam and Marjorie Miller Houselisted 1997- Casa de Palmaslisted 2003
- Cine El Reylisted 2002
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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.
- 1914 USGS San Juan quadrangle1:48000
- 1914 USGS San Juan quadrangle1:62500
- 1916 USGS San Juan quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 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 Pharr quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
50 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of McAllen between 2002 and 2017, burning about 330 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE CALL |
| 27 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-740 |
| 26 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ILLEGAL BURN |
| 21 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge | SANTA ANA MEXICO 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan's Addition Colonia | 0.4 miles | 14 | |
| Francis Addition Colonia | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Casa Bonita Colonia | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| North Depot Road Colonia | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Whalen Acres Colonia | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Yvonne Colonia | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Trevino Colonia | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Diaz Colonia | 1.7 miles | 14 |
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 McAllen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q51698 | 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 1374829. 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.