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Rios, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Benavides census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78349. The Survey maps it on the Concepcion quadrangle.

Rios within Duval County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

9 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Rios between 2008 and 2011, burning about 753 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/undetermined6
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

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
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined350 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 210
8 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 716
13 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGONZALITOS FIRE
12 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 March 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 3196 10 MI. SOUTH
24 March 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution250 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1329
2 February 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 January 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOUNTY ROAD 293

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duval County

Storms near this place

9 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rios in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2007Thunderstorm WindRios$5,000A farming facility had wind damage to the roof of a metal building. Some shingles were also removed from a newly constructed roof.|
May 2024HailRios-Social media photo of nickel to quarter size hail in Rios.
May 2023HailRios-Public reported golf ball sized hail near Rios.
June 2018Flash FloodRios-Water flooded the road on Farm to Market Road 1329 near Rios.
March 2007HailRios-A farming facility had shattered windows from the hail.
February 2004Thunderstorm WindRios-Roof blown off barn in Rios. Power lines also reported down around Rios.
May 2000Heavy RainRios-Five inches of rain in five hours.
February 1998Tornado (F0)Rios-Department of Public Safety report of a tornado.
May 2002HailRios-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Duval 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
Vera Cruz0.7 miles7
Santa Cruz3.3 miles7
Cruz Calle4.5 miles7
Conception6.2 miles7
Concepcion6.2 miles7
San Jose9.4 miles7
Ramirez10.6 miles7
Benavides12.7 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378959. 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.