South Elm Creek Number 1 Colonia, Texas

Matched 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.

• 1940 USGS Paloma quadrangle1:62500
• 1958 USGS Eagle Pass quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1965 USGS Eagle Pass quadrangle1:250000
• 1974 USGS Deadmans Hill quadrangle1:24000
• 1985 USGS Eagle Pass quadrangle1:100000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of South Elm Creek Number 1 Colonia between 2008 and 2011, burning about 556 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Deer Run Number 4 Colonia
• Deer Run Number 5 Colonia
• Elm Creek Number 1 Colonia
• Sauz Creek Colonia
• South Elm Creek Number 2 Colonia
• Deer Run Number 1 Colonia

Every fire recorded in Maverick County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of South Elm Creek Number 1 Colonia: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Maverick County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2011334. 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.