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Polkinghorn Addition Colonia, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the El Paso Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79835. The Survey maps it on the Canutillo quadrangle.

Polkinghorn Addition Colonia within El Paso County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

18 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Polkinghorn Addition Colonia between 2012 and 2020, burning about 33 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 June 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.1 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGARDNER
28 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOACH FIRE
26 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLA JUNTA
15 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWET AND WILD
1 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMEDIAN
31 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2015-0629
3 May 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRAILROAD FIRE
7 April 2014Railroad operations and maintenance6.1 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDONIPHAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Paso County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Polkinghorn Addition Colonia: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in El Paso County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
La Union Estates Colonia0.7 miles17
Canutillo0.7 miles17
Serene Acres Colonia0.8 miles17
Hermosa Vista Addition Colonia0.9 miles17
Schuman Estates Colonia1.1 miles17
Nuway Addition Colonia1.1 miles17
Nuway1.2 miles17
Vinton2.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010033. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.