New Colony, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Linden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75563. It stands on Colley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Linden quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1910 USGS Linden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Linden quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
223 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 223 fires within 5 miles of New Colony between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,096 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 18 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 | 128 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CASS 08:12 |
| 7 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 381 |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MR. COOK |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 372 |
| 4 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 334 |
| 4 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of New Colony: 4 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Stone Hill Deposit | Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Glauconite, Goethite, Hematite | |
| Bivens | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Bivins Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | Goethite, Hematite, Siderite | |
| Bonanza Mining Company | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| John Stone Hill | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Siderite Mine | Iron | Producer | Limonite, Siderite | |
| Surratt | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Surratt Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite, Siderite | |
| Warren | Iron | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roach | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Warren Springs | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Linden | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Oak Grove | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| O'Farrell | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Bivins | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Bethsaida | 5.9 miles | 12 |
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 New Colony | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q125156270 | 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 1378738. 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.





