BlockWood Colonia, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Edinburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78539. The Survey maps it on the Edinburg quadrangle.
On record in Wood Colonia
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
1910 Hidalgo County Jaillisted 2020 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1949 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Edinburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Edinburg quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
313 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 313 fires within 5 miles of Wood Colonia between 2002 and 2018, burning about 467 acres in total. 2 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 | 146 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 136 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 7 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-740 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburg | 0.6 miles | 11 | |
| Altamira West Number 2 Colonia | 0.9 miles | 11 | |
| Post Oaks Colonia | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| La Estancia Colonia | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Milyca Colonia | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Sugar Acres Colonia | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| McColl Estates Colonia | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Sunrise Estates Number 1 Colonia | 1.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2011485. 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.