Ruidosa, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Marfa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79843. It lies near Arroyo Escondido. The Survey maps it on the Las Conchas quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1896 USGS Ruidosa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Presidio quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Presidio quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Las Conchas quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Presidio quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Presidio quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Ruidosa between 2010 and 2011, burning about 300 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RUIDOSA FIRE |
| 20 February 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ruidosa in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2016: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Lulas | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Pueblo Nuevo | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Candelaria | 10.7 miles | 11 | |
| Chinati | 11.6 miles | 11 | |
| Chaffin Place | 11.7 miles | 12 | |
| Adobes | 16.8 miles | 11 | |
| Borrachio | 18.8 miles | 11 | |
| Indio | 19.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378997. 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.





