West Alfred Estates Colonia, Texas

Matched 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.

• 1920 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:62500
• 1956 USGS Laredo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
• 1963 USGS San Diego NE quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
• 1985 USGS Alice quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of West Alfred Estates Colonia between 2007 and 2020, burning about 1,135 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Agua Dulce Ranch Number 2 Colonia
• Aimee Acres Colonia
• Aimee Acres Number 2 Colonia
• Alfred
• Alfred Acres Colonia
• Alfred Hilltop Estates Colonia

Every fire recorded in Jim Wells County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of West Alfred Estates Colonia: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Jim Wells County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2011426. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.