BlockRiver Oaks Number 2 Colonia, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Beeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78102. It stands on Elm Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clareville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Fleming quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Clareville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
58 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of River Oaks Number 2 Colonia between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,268 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | YOUNTS |
| 4 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1349 |
| 22 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARROL FIRE |
| 2 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 13 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yougeen | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Olmos | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Salazar Heights Colonia | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Clareville | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Blue Berry Hill Colonia | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Blue Berry Hill | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Skidmore | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Beeville | 6.5 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010301. 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.