BlockSolino, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Puerto Rico-San Manuel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78542. The Survey maps it on the Faysville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 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.
- 1949 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Faysvillle quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
42 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Solino between 1995 and 2018, burning about 29,202 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | SAL DE REY |
| 25 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | CUELLAR! |
| 23 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | LAGUNA SECA |
| 19 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | SAL DEL REY 3 |
| 16 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | ROADSIDE |
| 7 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 19251 N. EXPWY 281 |
| 6 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | MILLER '09 |
| 23 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Solino: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caliche Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Caliche |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Gate | 0.6 miles | 8 | |
| Lane Number 2 Colonia | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Lane Number 1 Colonia | 1.1 miles | 11 | |
| Los Cerritos Colonia | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Laguna Seca | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Alsonia Colonia | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| La Coma Heights Colonia | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Linn | 5.0 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122550287 | 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 1379092. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.