BlockThe Highlands Colonia, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Edcouch-Elsa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78599. The Survey maps it on the Mercedes quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Mercedes quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Port Isabel quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Harlingen quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Mercedes quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
46 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of The Highlands Colonia between 2003 and 2017, burning about 440 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4 WEST FIRE |
| 22 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DIAMOND FIRE |
| 20 August 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 9.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ELSA FIRE |
| 8 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | 12 MILE |
| 19 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 10 NORTH |
| 4 June 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Texas Refuge Complex | TIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puesta del Sol Colonia | 0.5 miles | 10 | |
| Olivarez Number 17 Colonia | 0.6 miles | 10 | |
| Chapa South Colonia | 0.7 miles | 10 | |
| Olivarez Number 10 Colonia | 0.7 miles | 10 | |
| Chapa North Colonia | 0.8 miles | 10 | |
| Olivarez Number 4 Colonia | 0.8 miles | 10 | |
| Olivarez | 0.9 miles | 10 | |
| Tony Colonia | 0.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010557. 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.