BlockPort Harlingen, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Rio Hondo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78550. The Survey maps it on the Rio Hondo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1929 USGS Rio Hondo quadrangle1:24000
- 1932 USGS Rio Hondo quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Port Isabel quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Rio Hondo quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Harlingen quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
31 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Port Harlingen between 1996 and 2020, burning about 352 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE VASQUEZ RD |
| 11 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | REYNOLDS |
| 1 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | 345 |
| 22 June 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | BLUE HOUSE |
| 15 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WASHINGTON COMMAND |
| 9 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 5 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Colorado Estates Colonia | 0.8 miles | 13 | |
| Lantana | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Villa del Sol | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Villa del Sol Colonia | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Bullis Addition Colonia | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Tatum Addition Colonia | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| West Addition Colonia | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Lopez Colonia | 2.5 miles | 13 |
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 Q122540918 | 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 1378900. 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.