BlockWater City Estates Colonia, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Alice census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78332. The Survey maps it on the Agua Dulce quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveysMatched 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.
- 1950 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Orange Grove quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Agua Dulce quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
35 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Water City Estates Colonia between 2003 and 2017, burning about 2,116 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | AD HIGH SCHOOL |
| 11 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3600 E.TEXAS 44 FIRE |
| 30 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | N.HWY 359& F.M. 1539 FIRE |
| 3 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | N.359& E.44 FIRE |
| 27 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E.HWY.44 BY DORSAL FIRE |
| 20 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E.C.R.336 OFF 665 FIRE. |
| 15 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E.HWY 44 , 5 MILES E.OFALICE |
| 14 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | E.44-8 MILES E.OF ALICE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest Acres Colonia | 0.3 miles | 8 | |
| Bentonville | 0.6 miles | 8 | |
| Bentonville Acres Colonia | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| 665 Site Colonia | 5.2 miles | 7 | |
| Meadow Ridge Colonia | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| East Buena Vista Addition Colonia | 6.2 miles | 7 | |
| North Hilltop Addition Colonia | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Hollow Tree Estates Colonia | 6.4 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2011425. 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.