BlockRancho Grande Colonia, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Harlingen-San Benito census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78586. 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
49 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Rancho Grande Colonia between 1993 and 2020, burning about 300 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
| 25 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 11 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | REYNOLDS |
| 1 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | LINK |
| 9 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | RANCHITO |
| 22 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 7 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | BLUE HOUSE |
| 30 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 83 COMMAND |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Benito | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| East Stenger Street Colonia | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Glenwood Acres Colonia | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Expressway 83-77 Colonia | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Green Valley Farms Colonia | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Green Valley Farms | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Graham Colonia | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Yost Road Colonia | 2.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010200. 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.