BlockTacubaya, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Encino census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78353. The Survey maps it on the Tacubaya 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 Tacubaya quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Encino quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Encino quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Tacubaya between 2008 and 2019, burning about 3,835 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,010 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOPPER FIRE |
| 7 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 140 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BLUE STONE |
| 2 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE - URANIUM PLANT |
| 2 January 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JONES RANCH |
| 13 January 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 61 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | 308 |
| 1 January 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 600 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tacubaya in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 heavy rain. 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 2011 | Heavy Rain | Tacubaya | - | A re-forming strong to severe storm dropped several inches of rain in less than two hours in rural southern Brooks County, west of Federal Highway 281 and north of Farm to Market 755, west of Encino. Excluding hail contamination, Doppler Radar estimated 2 to 4 inches of rain likely fell in this area, which includes a portion of the Encinitos Ranch. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Encino | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Rachal | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Hartland | 9.4 miles | 10 | |
| Noria Willie | 13.8 miles | 7 | |
| Papalote del Norte | 14.4 miles | 8 | |
| Alto Colorado | 18.1 miles | 8 | |
| La India | 19.0 miles | 8 | |
| Cantu Addition Number 2 Colonia | 20.5 miles | 8 |
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 Q122565941 | 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 1379136. 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.