BlockSanta Rosa Number 9 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 78593. The Survey maps it on the Santa Rosa 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 Santa Rosa quadrangle1:24000
- 1933 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Port Isabel quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Harlingen quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
41 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Santa Rosa Number 9 Colonia between 1993 and 2018, burning about 1,316 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | TIOCANO2 |
| 22 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | 41 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | RANCHITO |
| 20 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | OTHA 2 |
| 10 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | RATLIFF |
| 23 July 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | NSUGAR |
| 20 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 435 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | TIOCANO |
| 8 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | WEST OTHA |
| 27 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 73 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Rosa | 0.5 miles | 13 | |
| Santa Rosa Number 5 Colonia | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Tierra Bonita Colonia | 0.8 miles | 13 | |
| Santa Rosa Number 12 Colonia | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Tierra Bonita | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| El Nogal Colonia | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Santa Rosa Number 14 Colonia | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Grande Acres Colonia | 1.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010217. 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.