BlockMelton Place Addition Colonia, Texas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the El Paso East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79927. The Survey maps it on the San Elizario quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1896 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1908 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Ysleta quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Ysleta quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Ysleta quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS San Elizario quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Melton Place Addition Colonia in 2011, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GREEN DALE |
| 8 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SUNSET HILLS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bejar Estates Colonia | 0.1 miles | 18 | |
| Haciendas del Valle Number 1 Colonia | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| Santa Martina Colonia | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| Aljo Estates Colonia | 0.7 miles | 18 | |
| San Paulo Colonia | 0.7 miles | 18 | |
| Haciendas del Valle Number 2 Colonia | 0.8 miles | 18 | |
| Rancho Miraval Estates Colonia | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Villalobos Estates Colonia | 0.9 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010068. 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.