BlockO'Canas Family Colonia, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Harlingen-San Benito census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78559. The Survey maps it on the La Feria quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1929 USGS La Feria quadrangle1:24000
- 1936 USGS La Feria quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS La Feria quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Port Isabel quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Harlingen quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS La Feria quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
76 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of O'Canas Family Colonia between 1993 and 2018, burning about 1,484 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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 | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | TIOCANO2 |
| 24 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | CORNER |
| 23 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | LA FERIA |
| 23 August 2004 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | 9 MILE |
| 20 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | OTHA 2 |
| 10 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | RATLIFF |
| 23 July 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | NSUGAR |
| 20 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 435 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | TIOCANO |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Longoria Colonia | 0.2 miles | 13 | |
| Galpin Colonia | 0.4 miles | 13 | |
| East Cantu Country Estates Colonia | 0.6 miles | 13 | |
| Ratamosa Colonia | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Santa Rosa Number 6 Colonia | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Ratamosa | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Rabb Road Colonia | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Tierra Bonita Number 3 Colonia | 1.4 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010245. 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.