BlockOld Milwaukee West Colonia, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Laredo South-El Cenizo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78043. The Survey maps it on the Laredo South quadrangle. It stands 528 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1933 USGS Becerra Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Laredo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Laredo South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Ygnacio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Old Milwaukee West Colonia between 2012 and 2017, burning about 6 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | EL ROCICO |
| 3 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 19 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MANGANA HEIN |
| 31 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LAS LOMAS |
| 21 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9777 HWY 31 |
| 14 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1706065-GRASS & WOODS |
| 7 December 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | JUDITH |
| 5 November 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FLORES RANCH |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Milwaukee East Colonia | 0.2 miles | 9 | |
| Larga Vista Colonia | 0.7 miles | 9 | |
| Larga Vista | 0.8 miles | 9 | |
| Los Altos Colonia | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| D-5 Acres Colonia | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Tanquecitos South Acres Colonia | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| San Carlos Number 1 Colonia | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Laredo Ranchettes | 2.9 miles | 8 |
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 Q7084537 | 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 2010706. 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.