BlockRio Grande Village, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1959 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Alpine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79834. It lies near Hot Springs Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Rio Grande Village quadrangle.
On record in Rio Grande Village
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Daniels Farm Houselisted 1989
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1959 USGS Emory Peak quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Emory Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Boquillas quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Rio Grande Village quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Boquillas quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Rio Grande Village between 1993 and 2017, burning about 62 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Big Bend National Park | HOT SPRINGS CANYON |
| 5 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Big Bend National Park | AMPITHEATE |
| 10 August 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 acres | Big Bend National Park | BARKER |
| 19 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Big Bend National Park | BOQUILLAS |
| 12 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Big Bend National Park | TUNNEL |
| 28 June 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Big Bend National Park | OVERLOOK |
| 14 June 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Big Bend National Park | ELF |
| 6 May 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Big Bend National Park | RGV-RVPARK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Rio Grande Village: 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ojo Caliente | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Fluorite | |
| Ojo Caliente | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Occurrences | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boquillas Crossing | 1.0 miles | 10 | |
| Hot Springs | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| San Vicente Crossing | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Casa de Piedra | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Rooneys Place | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Comptons | 9.1 miles | 12 | |
| Glenn Springs (historical) | 9.9 miles | 12 | |
| Solis | 11.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2033923. 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.