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Rabbit Patch Colonia Number 2, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Mission census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78573. The Survey maps it on the Alton quadrangle.

Rabbit Patch Colonia Number 2 within Hidalgo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

157 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Rabbit Patch Colonia Number 2 between 2002 and 2016, burning about 832 acres in total. None started naturally. 29 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/undetermined69
Debris and open burning54
Arson/incendiarism29
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Texas Refuge ComplexLUNCH
7 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Texas Refuge ComplexBENTSEN PILE
28 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Texas Refuge ComplexLA HOMA RD
25 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRYAN RD FIRE
9 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMINNESOTA FIRE 5 MILE
9 August 2003Arson/incendiarism25 acresSouth Texas Refuge ComplexBENTSEN PALM
23 August 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Texas Refuge ComplexMOOREFIELD
21 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Texas Refuge ComplexALTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hidalgo 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 Rabbit Patch Colonia Number 2: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
BleakleySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Hidalgo 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
Rabbit Patch Colonia Number 10.0 miles11
North Cross Estates Colonia0.1 miles11
Hamlet Colonia0.6 miles11
Amber Land Colonia0.7 miles11
Tangerine Estates Colonia0.8 miles11
James Allen Colonia0.9 miles11
Stewart South Colonia0.9 miles11
Monica Acres Colonia1.0 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010978. 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.