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Polvo, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1992. It lies near El Calabazar Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Redford quadrangle.

Polvo within Presidio County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

3 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Polvo between 2006 and 2019, burning about 260 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 burning3

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
5 March 2006Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 March 2019Debris and open burning200 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRATTLE
30 November 2018Debris and open burning50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceREDFORD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Presidio 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
Redford1.0 miles11
Loma Pelona9.1 miles13
Fort Leaton (historical)10.1 miles13
Papalote Colorado10.3 miles11
Papalote Escondido10.7 miles16
Presidio12.8 miles13
Papalote Llano13.1 miles16
Papalote Seco15.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1376921. 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.