BlockSanta Elena Colonia, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Harlingen-San Benito census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78550. The Survey maps it on the Harlingen quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1929 USGS Harlingen quadrangle1:24000
- 1932 USGS Harlingen quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Harlingen quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Port Isabel quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Harlingen quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
27 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Santa Elena Colonia between 1996 and 2018, burning about 129 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PALOMA BLANCA COMMAND |
| 11 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | REYNOLDS |
| 1 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | 345 |
| 22 June 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Texas Refuge Complex | MILO |
| 2 May 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.2 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | EBONY |
| 15 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WASHINGTON COMMAND |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laguna Escondida Colonia | 0.7 miles | 11 | |
| Laguna Escondida Heights Number 2 Colonia | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Rio Hondo | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| West Addition Colonia | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Lopez Colonia | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Tatum Addition Colonia | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Jones Addition Colonia | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Bullis Addition Colonia | 3.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010211. 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.