BlockVista Larga Colonia, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the El Paso East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79928. The Survey maps it on the Clint quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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.
- 1896 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1908 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Clint quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Clint quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Clint quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS El Paso quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Clint quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Vista Larga Colonia in 2011, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SUNSET HILLS |
| 30 October 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RUDI KUEFNER |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vista Larga Number 2 Colonia | 0.3 miles | 16 | |
| Wildhorse Valley Colonia | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Hacienda Real Colonia | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Athena West Colonia | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Quail Mesa Colonia | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Clint | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Dairyland Colonia | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Ascencion Park Estates Colonia | 2.4 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2009947. 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.