San Carlos, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 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 Viboras quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1938 USGS El Sauz quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Viboras quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Encino quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Encino quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of San Carlos between 2004 and 2018, burning about 4,771 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 649 RD./SANTA AURELIA RANCH RD. |
| 6 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 425 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | SAN CARLOS |
| 4 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 450 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | ROMAN 1 |
| 3 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2686 RD./FM 649 RD. |
| 3 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 649 RD./FM 2687 RD. |
| 25 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | N. FM 649 RD. |
| 5 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2,950 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | 2686 |
| 3 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 148 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | LA ESTRELLITA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Carlos in 3 storm reports in 1997: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 Escobas | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Viboras | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| San Roman | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| El Sauz | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Regino Ramirez Colonia | 13.9 miles | 9 | |
| Robberson | 14.2 miles | 10 | |
| Casas Colonia | 14.6 miles | 9 | |
| Santa Catarina | 14.7 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379013. 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.








