BlockRobberson, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Rio Grande City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78591. The Survey maps it on the La Gloria quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1938 USGS Sal Colorada quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS La Gloria quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Encino quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Encino quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Robberson between 2004 and 2020, burning about 2,304 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2294 |
| 24 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | N 755 |
| 27 June 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 141 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | AGUA NUEVA |
| 16 June 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | SNAKE |
| 23 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | TWIN TOWERS |
| 7 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 April 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 70 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | SAN BLAS |
| 14 February 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | MONTE CRISTO 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Robberson in 3 storm reports between 2020 and 2023: 2 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Hail | Robberson | - | Storm chaser reported hail up to 1 inch in diameter just west of La Gloria. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Robberson | - | A storm chaser reported hail up to one inch in diameter at 3:34PM CDT until 3:45PM CDT April 21st approximately 7 miles west of La Gloria, TX. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Robberson | - | TxDoT tweeted flooding north of FM 2294 for about 2 miles. Time estimated based on tweet post. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Catarina | 0.6 miles | 10 | |
| Santa Anna | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| La Gloria | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Old Santa Elena | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Arkansas City | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| San Isidro | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| El Centro | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Gloria Colonia | 9.0 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122553561 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378963. 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.