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Ramos Colonia, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Roma-Los Saenz census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78584. It lies near Gongora Hill. The Survey maps it on the Roma-Los Saenz West quadrangle.

Ramos Colonia within Starr County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 9 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

330 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 330 fires within 5 miles of Ramos Colonia between 1999 and 2020, burning about 2,255 acres in total. None started naturally. 23 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/undetermined231
Debris and open burning68
Arson/incendiarism23
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6 N SAN JULIAN RD.
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDOCKER RD.
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCINDY'S AVE.
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceVICTOR LN.
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDOLPHIN ST.
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCINDYS AVE.
5 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
3 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Starr 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
Evergreen Colonia0.1 miles9
Fronton Ranchettes Colonia0.2 miles9
Ramos Addition Number 1 Colonia0.2 miles9
Roma Creek0.2 miles9
Roma Creek Number 1, 2 and 3 Colonia0.6 miles9
Campobello Number 2 Colonia0.9 miles9
Campobello Colonia1.0 miles9
Roma1.6 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010821. 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.