BlockRandado, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the North Jim Hogg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78361. The Survey maps it on the Randado quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1939 USGS Randado quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Randado quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Laredo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1972 USGS Randado quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Falfurrias quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Randado between 2005 and 2015, burning about 627 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | N. FM 649 |
| 3 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGH WAY 83/GRASS FIRE |
| 16 July 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MOTA RANCH |
| 30 April 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 500 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | COUNTY LINE |
| 29 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | HEBBRONVILLE 649 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Randado in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2012: 2 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Hail | Randado | - | Jim Hogg County Sheriff's Office reported quarter size hail in Randado. |
| May 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Randado | - | Jim Hogg County Sheriff's Office reported tornado briefly touched down at the intersection of Highway 16 and FM 649 in the vicinity of Randado. |
| May 2009 | Heavy Rain | Randado | - | The Jim Hogg Sheriff's Department reported water along and over State Highway 16 near the city of Randado during and a little after a thunderstorm moved through the area with locally heavy rainfall, estimated by radar to be more than 2 inches. The water depth on Highway 16 was estimated to be in inches, and the road was still passable. |
| July 2008 | Heavy Rain | Randado | - | Jim Hogg County Sheriff's Department reported the southbound lane of Route 16 experienced nuisance flooding, with one half to one inch of water covering the road for a distance of approximately 3 miles, approximately 13 miles southwest of Hebbronville. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Randado | - | Dime size hail was reported by a Border Patrol Agent along Highway 16. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humble Colorado Camp | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| San Antonio Viejo | 9.0 miles | 10 | |
| Thompsonville | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Guerra | 13.7 miles | 11 | |
| South Fork Estates | 15.9 miles | 6 | |
| South Fork Colonia | 16.1 miles | 6 | |
| Cuevitas | 17.6 miles | 11 | |
| Hebbronville | 18.9 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378931. 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.