BlockWes-mer Colonia, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Southeast Hidalgo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78570. 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
44 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Wes-mer Colonia between 2003 and 2017, burning about 379 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 9 August 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | 1015 |
| 3 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | JOSE PORTILLO |
| 8 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | 12 MILE |
| 21 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RUBBERISH FIRE |
| 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| M and R Colonia | 0.6 miles | 10 | |
| Weather Heights Number 1 Colonia | 1.1 miles | 10 | |
| Colonia Lucero del Norte | 1.2 miles | 10 | |
| Rebecca Colonia | 1.2 miles | 10 | |
| Sunrise Hill Colonia | 1.3 miles | 10 | |
| La Mesa Colonia | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| La Paloma Number 1 Colonia | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| Mid-Valley Estates Colonia | 1.5 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2011575. 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.