BlockNoria Willie, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Encino census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78355. It lies near Barroso Pasture. The Survey maps it on the Cage Ranch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1921 USGS Falfurrias quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Laredo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Cage Ranch quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Falfurrias quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Noria Willie between 2006 and 2011, burning about 49 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAGE RANCH |
| 5 February 2006 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 February 2008 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 February 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 February 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 January 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papalote del Norte | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Alto Colorado | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| La India | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Cantu Addition Number 1 Colonia | 8.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cantu Addition Number 2 Colonia | 8.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cantu Addition | 8.2 miles | 8 | |
| Airport Road Addition Colonia | 8.9 miles | 7 | |
| Airport Road Addition | 9.4 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 Q122554173 | 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 1378763. 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.