BlockNorth Alfred Colonia, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Orange Grove-Sandia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78372. It stands on Ruces Creek. The Survey maps it on the Orange Grove quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveysMatched 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.
- 1950 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Orange Grove quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Orange Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
103 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of North Alfred Colonia between 2007 and 2020, burning about 526 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 | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 649 CR 350 |
| 14 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 308 |
| 13 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 362 CR 323 |
| 9 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2044 @ US 281 |
| 7 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2044 @ US 281 |
| 5 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 311 |
| 4 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2163 CR 308 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of North Alfred Colonia: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mosser Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Acres Colonia | 0.3 miles | 8 | |
| South La Paloma Estates Colonia | 0.6 miles | 8 | |
| Alfred | 0.9 miles | 8 | |
| Alfred Hilltop Estates Colonia | 1.4 miles | 8 | |
| Heritage Acres Number 2 Colonia | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| West Alfred Estates Colonia | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Palo Hueco Estates Colonia | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Hollow Tree Estates Colonia | 2.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2011451. 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.