BlockMorales - Sanchez Colonia, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Zapata census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78076. It lies near Arroyo Correhuella. The Survey maps it on the Arroyo Miguel quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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
- 1956 USGS Arroyo Clareno quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Arroyo Miguel quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Zapata quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Morales - Sanchez Colonia between 2005 and 2018, burning about 1,393 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 | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOPENO GRASS FIRE |
| 31 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHIHUAHUA |
| 9 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | N.US HWY 83 |
| 9 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHIHUAHUA RANCH GRASS FIRE |
| 6 April 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | N CHIHUAHUA |
| 8 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 March 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alejandrenas | 1.0 miles | 9 | |
| Lopeño | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Siesta Shores Section A Colonia | 8.6 miles | 10 | |
| Siesta Shores | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Siesta Shores 1 Colonia | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| Siesta Shores 3 Colonia | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| Lago Halcon B Colonia | 9.4 miles | 10 | |
| Lago Halcon A Colonia | 9.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010654. 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.