BlockSan Ignacio Viejo Unit 2 Colonia, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the San Ygnacio census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78067. It lies near El Arroyo Zopilote. The Survey maps it on the San Ygnacio quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1942 USGS San Ygnacio quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Laredo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS San Ygnacio quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Ygnacio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of San Ignacio Viejo Unit 2 Colonia between 2005 and 2017, burning about 1,793 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 | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 237-8686/GRASS FIRE |
| 4 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1 MILE SOUTH OF SYT |
| 4 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SAN YGNACIO FIRE |
| 30 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ARROYO ZOPILOTE FIRE |
| 29 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.2 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARIA PAZ RANCH FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramireno | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| San Ygnacio | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Valle Verde Colonia | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Urebeno | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Las Palmas | 8.3 miles | 10 | |
| Ranchito San Jose Colonia | 9.9 miles | 10 | |
| Cuellar Colonia | 10.0 miles | 10 | |
| Manuel Medina Addition Colonia | 10.3 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010659. 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.