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Salinas-Hinojosa Colonia, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Edcouch-Elsa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78543. The Survey maps it on the Edcouch quadrangle.

Salinas-Hinojosa Colonia within Hidalgo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

58 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Salinas-Hinojosa Colonia between 1999 and 2017, burning about 425 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined36
Debris and open burning16
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
20 August 2009Misuse of fire by a minor9.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceELSA FIRE
11 August 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
1 July 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Texas Refuge ComplexEDCOUCH
4 June 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Texas Refuge ComplexTIRE
18 June 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceVALVERDE AND CURRY
13 June 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeLRGV
23 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUT CURRY AND SUNFLOWER
18 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceVALVERDE AND 17 1/2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Ten Acres Colonia0.3 miles9
Elsa0.5 miles9
Cana de Azucar Colonia0.9 miles9
Hacienda el Porvenir Colonia0.9 miles9
McDaniel Addition Colonia0.9 miles9
Bernal Heights Number 1 Colonia1.2 miles9
Bernal Heights Number 2 Colonia1.2 miles9
Ricky Colonia1.4 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010878. 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.