BlockSandy Colonia, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Raymondville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78580. The Survey maps it on the Raymondville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1953 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Port Isabel quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Raymondville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Harlingen quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
73 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Sandy Colonia between 1995 and 2020, burning about 989 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH/GRASS MIXTURE FIRE |
| 13 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 11 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.3 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | EAST LAKE |
| 1 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH GRASS MIXTURE |
| 7 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 5 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 29 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ranchette Estates | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| Ranchette Estates Colonia | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| Raymondville Tract Number 1 Colonia | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Los Angeles | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Willacy Acres Colonia | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Colonia los Angeles | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Raymondville | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Lasara | 3.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010640. 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.