BlockUvalde Estates Colonia, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Uvalde census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78801. It lies near Rocky Hill. The Survey maps it on the Uvalde quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1898 USGS Uvalde quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1899 USGS Uvalde quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Uvalde quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Uvalde quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Uvalde quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
114 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Uvalde Estates Colonia between 2006 and 2019, burning about 599 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 78 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDLAND-E. HOUSTON & OPPENHEIMER |
| 12 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7 MILE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uvalde Estates | 0.1 miles | 12 | |
| Fort Clark Road Colonia | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Vanessa Street Colonia | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Gonzales Colonia | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| South Grove Street Colonia | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Fort Inge | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Brice Lane Colonia | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Uvalde | 4.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010766. 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.