Sammy Martinez Colonia, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Rio Grande City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78582. The Survey maps it on the Rio Grande City North quadrangle.

Sammy Martinez Colonia within Starr County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 10 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.

1949 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Escobares quadrangle1:62500
1957 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Rio Grande City North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1983 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
1992 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

112 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Sammy Martinez Colonia between 1996 and 2020, burning about 5,685 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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	57
Debris and open burning	39
Arson/incendiarism	10
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
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
3 September 2018	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	W. HINOJOSA ST.
3 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	LA REFORMA ST.
21 September 2019	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	148 NEW GONZALEZ ST
8 August 2016	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	EMBASSY RD
27 August 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	OLD CHARCO BLANCO RD.
26 August 2004	Arson/incendiarism	850 acres	Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge	LAS ROMAS
20 August 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
18 August 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	EMBASSY RD.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Starr 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
La Carla Colonia	0.9 miles	9
La Lomita Colonia	1.6 miles	10
El Rancho Vela Colonia	1.8 miles	10
El Mesquite Colonia	3.2 miles	10
Valle Hermosa Colonia	3.8 miles	10
Mitchell Colonia	4.2 miles	10
Los Olmos Colonia	4.4 miles	10
Joseph Griggs Colonia	4.5 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010733. 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.