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Salida del Sol Estates Colonia, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Sullivan City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78576. The Survey maps it on the Citrus City quadrangle.

Salida del Sol Estates Colonia within Hidalgo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

116 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Salida del Sol Estates Colonia between 2002 and 2016, burning about 3,140 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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/undetermined50
Debris and open burning49
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use3
Other causes1

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
18 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSHLINE FIRE
6 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4 MILE AND IOWA ROAD
4 August 2004Debris and open burning7.0 acresSouth Texas Refuge ComplexLA JOYA
29 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge681
28 August 2004Arson/incendiarism16 acresSouth Texas Refuge ComplexAYDEN
26 August 2004Debris and open burning8.0 acresSouth Texas Refuge ComplexWEDGE
13 August 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Texas Refuge ComplexSALIDA DEL SOL
8 July 2005Other causes2.0 acresSouth Texas Refuge ComplexCEMENT CITRUS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hidalgo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Salida del Sol Estates Colonia: 10 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Beck Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Garcia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
No. 1 Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Beck QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerCaliche
Frost PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hawkins PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
J-2 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
J-2 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerCaliche
Shower Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Shower QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerCaliche

Every working recorded in Hidalgo 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
Western Estates Number 1 Colonia2.4 miles13
El Flaco Chiquito Colonia2.8 miles13
Puerta Blanca Colonia2.9 miles13
Citrus City2.9 miles13
Daniel Ozuna Colonia3.2 miles13
Reina Colonia3.4 miles13
Ramona Colonia3.5 miles13
South Fork Colonia3.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010928. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.