BlockPapalote del Norte, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Encino census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78355. It lies near Barroso Trap. The Survey maps it on the Falfurrias SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1921 USGS Falfurrias quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Laredo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Falfurrias SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Falfurrias quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Papalote del Norte in 2006, 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 February 2006 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noria Willie | 3.6 miles | 7 | |
| Alto Colorado | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| La India | 8.5 miles | 8 | |
| Encino | 9.1 miles | 10 | |
| Cantu Addition Number 1 Colonia | 10.9 miles | 8 | |
| Cantu Addition Number 2 Colonia | 10.9 miles | 8 | |
| Flowella | 10.9 miles | 7 | |
| Cantu Addition | 11.0 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 Q122553509 | 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 1378832. 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.