BlockSanta Elena, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Rio Grande City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78591. The Survey maps it on the Santa Elena 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.
- 1939 USGS Encantada 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 Santa Elena quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Encino quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Encino quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Santa Elena between 2005 and 2020, burning about 5,708 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2294 RD. |
| 9 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 755 RD |
| 5 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SANTA ELANA |
| 22 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAZON RANCH ROAD FIRE |
| 21 May 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,200 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | YZAGUIRRE |
| 6 April 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STA#4 281 |
| 6 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SAN ISIDRO |
| 7 February 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | ABRAMS LEVEE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Santa Elena in 2 storm reports in 2022: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Hail | Santa Elena | $5,000 | A homeowner interviewed by a local television station reported ping pong to golf ball sized hail, which damaged his roof and several of his windows. He also reported severe damage to trees, shingles, and a destroyed wooden playground due to very gusty winds. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santa Elena | $5,000 | A homeowner interviewed by a local television station reported severe damage to trees, shingles, and a destroyed wooden playground due to very gusty winds. He also reported ping pong to golf ball sized hail, which damaged his roof and several of his windows. Radar indicated this storm strengthening with the potential for even higher wind gusts as it moved into extreme eastern Starr County, but there were not additional corroborating reports as of this writing. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Santa Elena | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| La Gloria | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| San Isidro | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Gloria Colonia | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| El Centro | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Delmita | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Arkansas City | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Santa Anna | 7.6 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Santa Elena | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7419463 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379030. 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.