Red Gate, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Puerto Rico-San Manuel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78542. The Survey maps it on the Faysville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1949 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Faysvillle quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
41 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Red Gate between 1994 and 2018, burning about 29,239 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | SAL DE REY |
| 25 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | CUELLAR! |
| 23 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | LAGUNA SECA |
| 19 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | SAL DEL REY 3 |
| 16 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | ROADSIDE |
| 16 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | SALDELREY |
| 6 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | MILLER '09 |
| 23 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Red Gate: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caliche Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Caliche |
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Gate in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Gate | - | As thunderstorms moved through the area, the RAWS site at Linn-San Manuel measured a wind gust to 60 mph or 52 knots. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lane Number 2 Colonia | 0.5 miles | 11 | |
| Lane Number 1 Colonia | 0.5 miles | 11 | |
| Solino | 0.6 miles | 8 | |
| Laguna Seca | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Los Cerritos Colonia | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Alsonia Colonia | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Linn | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| San Manuel | 4.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1344915. 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.
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.






