BlockMendiates, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the San Diego census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78384. The Survey maps it on the Shaeffer Ranch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1920 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Laredo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Shaeffer Ranch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Alice quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Mendiates between 2011 and 2017, burning about 3 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 289 CR3033 |
| 30 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 117 CR 3041 |
| 24 January 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 239 LA PARRITA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four A's Colonia | 12.4 miles | 7 | |
| Reyes | 13.6 miles | 8 | |
| Mi Tierra Colonia | 14.3 miles | 8 | |
| Cadena Colonia | 15.0 miles | 7 | |
| San Diego | 15.1 miles | 8 | |
| Seven Sisters | 15.5 miles | 9 | |
| County Road 111 Colonia | 15.7 miles | 8 | |
| North Buena Vista Colonia | 16.4 miles | 7 |
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 Q122550235 | 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 1378662. 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.