BlockMeadow Creek Country Club Colonia, 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
382 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 382 fires within 5 miles of Meadow Creek Country Club Colonia between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,917 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 87 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 | 140 |
| Debris and open burning | 137 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 87 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | LUNCH |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | DOVE |
| 5 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | TORTUGA |
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.5 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | ABRAM LEVEE |
| 30 September 1997 | Smoking | 20 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | LATE |
| 28 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Texas Refuge Complex | LA HOMA RD |
| 2 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 125 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | PALMVIEW |
| 11 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | 1 1/2 MILE |
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 Meadow Creek Country Club Colonia: 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Umberto Garcia Junior Colonia | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Tierra Dorada Colonia | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Sno-Bird Estates Colonia | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Acevedo Colonia Number 4 | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Sno-Bird Estates Number 2 Colonia | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Royal Palms Estates Colonia | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Sunny Haven Estates Colonia | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Americana Grove Colonia | 1.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2011071. 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.