BlockPescadito, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 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 Tios Creek 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.
- 1956 USGS Laredo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Laredo East quadrangle1:62500
- 1965 USGS Tios Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Laredo quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Pescadito between 2011 and 2017, burning about 694 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 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HURD RANCH |
| 6 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 600 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDLAND FIRE |
| 4 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MILARGO |
| 23 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PUEBLO NUEVO BRUSH FIRE |
| 19 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 359 |
| 15 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 78 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOBO CREEK |
| 26 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOTELLO RD |
| 21 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MILAGRO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pescadito in 8 storm reports between 2012 and 2017: 6 hail, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2016 | Hail | Pescadito | $250,000 | Television station showed pictures of hail through social media in excess of three inches in diameter in the community of Ranchitos Las Lomas. Several cars suffered broken windshields. Several homes had holes where hail went through the roof or walls. A county vehicle suffered hail damage. A basketball goal was broken by the hail at the community center. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Pescadito | $100,000 | Storm chaser reported tennis ball sized hail east of Laredo. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Pescadito | $100,000 | Photo on social media of hail to the size of baseballs in Ranchitos Las Lomas. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Pescadito | $50,000 | Video submitted of tennis ball sized hail near Laredo Rachettes. Large tree limbs were broken also. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Pescadito | $10,000 | Vehicles with windshields damaged due to half-dollar sized hail along Highway 59 near the community of Ranchitos Las Lomas. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Pescadito | $10,000 | Observer reported golf ball sized hail. |
| September 2017 | Flash Flood | Pescadito | - | Highway 359 was flooded near Los Altos and San Carlos subdivisions east of Laredo. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Pescadito | - | Minor flooding of roadways occurred in the vicinity of Ranchitos Las Lomas on Highway 59 northeast of Laredo. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Coma Colonia | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Pueblo Nuevo Colonia | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Pueblo Nuevo | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Las Blancas Colonia | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Laredo Ranchettes Colonia | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Ranchitos 359 East Colonia | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| San Carlos Number 2 Colonia | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Laredo Ranchettes | 6.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378851. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.