BlockOld Houston Highway Colonia, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Beeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78102. The Survey maps it on the Beeville East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Skidmore quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Beeville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
104 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Old Houston Highway Colonia between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,035 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 125 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COBBWEB RD. |
| 30 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MULCH |
| 8 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | STRIPES |
| 8 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHARCO |
| 8 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Street Area Colonia | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| Hidden Acres Colonia | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Beeville | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Old Airport Road Colonia | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Blue Berry Hill Colonia | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Blue Berry Hill | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Salazar Heights Colonia | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Orangedale | 5.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010300. 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.