BlockRoma Creek, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Roma-Los Saenz census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78584. It lies near Gongora Hill. The Survey maps it on the Roma-Los Saenz West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1949 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Roma quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Roma-Los Saenz West quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Roma-Los Saenz quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
418 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 418 fires within 5 miles of Roma Creek between 1999 and 2020, burning about 2,422 acres in total. None started naturally. 26 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 | 300 |
| Debris and open burning | 83 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6 N SAN JULIAN RD. |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DOCKER RD. |
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CINDY'S AVE. |
| 6 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VICTOR LN. |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DOLPHIN ST. |
| 5 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CINDYS AVE. |
| 5 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Colonia | 0.1 miles | 9 | |
| Ramos Colonia | 0.2 miles | 9 | |
| Fronton Ranchettes Colonia | 0.2 miles | 9 | |
| Roma Creek Number 1, 2 and 3 Colonia | 0.4 miles | 9 | |
| Ramos Addition Number 1 Colonia | 0.4 miles | 9 | |
| Campobello Number 2 Colonia | 0.7 miles | 9 | |
| Campobello Colonia | 0.8 miles | 9 | |
| Roma | 1.4 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1852761. 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.