BlockOrelia, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Pearsall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78061. The Survey maps it on the Hindes quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 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 Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Hindes quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Hindes quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Orelia between 2005 and 2019, burning about 368 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1582 @ CR 3728 |
| 14 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PRINCE FIRE |
| 5 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HINDES #1 |
| 3 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1582 @ COUNTY LINE |
| 14 July 2005 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOE HINDES |
| 8 May 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HINDES |
| 4 May 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY97&1582 FRIO COUNTY |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Flores | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Goldfinch | 12.0 miles | 10 | |
| Derby | 16.0 miles | 11 | |
| Derby Colonia | 16.2 miles | 11 | |
| Miguel | 16.4 miles | 9 | |
| Dilley | 17.1 miles | 9 | |
| Hilltop Colonia | 17.3 miles | 9 | |
| Hilltop | 17.4 miles | 9 |
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 Q122544955 | 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 1380310. 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.