BlockPorfirio, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Lyford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78580. The Survey maps it on the Willamar quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Port Isabel quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Willamar quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Harlingen quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Porfirio between 2002 and 2020, burning about 67 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1018 GRASS FIRE |
| 27 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge | WILLAMAR |
| 26 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 11 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH /GRASS MIXTURE FIRE |
| 25 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 31 January 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | VIEJO BV7 |
| 26 January 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Texas Refuge Complex | TRASH PV10 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Porfirio in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Porfirio | 1 hurt, $50,000 | The survey team estimated peak winds between 70 and 75 mph for the Willamar tornado. Primary damage was a cotton seed container/holder that was lifted from moorings into concrete block. The lack of material in the metal container allowed winds to get underneath and lift; pressures on the minimally anchored columns caused the damage. Other damage included a portion of roof peeled back from a mobile home, where a 12 year old child was injured by flying debris and taken to a local hospital in Harlingen for observation. The tin roof damage revealed poor connections to rotted wood. Minor damage to trees along Farm to Market Road 1420 was also noted. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Monica | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Los Coyotes | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Willamar | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| San Perlita | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Hugh Terry Colonia | 9.5 miles | 13 | |
| Lyford | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Bausell and Ellis Colonia | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Lyford South Colonia | 9.8 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 Q122594722 | 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 1378899. 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.