BlockXX Farms Colonia, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1992. The Survey maps it on the La Leona quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1930 USGS La Leona quadrangle1:24000
- 1936 USGS La Leona quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS La Leona quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS La Leona quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Port Isabel quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Harlingen quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of XX Farms Colonia between 2000 and 2009, burning about 456 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | DENT |
| 26 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Texas Refuge Complex | DEADEND |
| 30 June 2006 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | SAN FERNANDO |
| 3 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | CANNED HAM |
| 27 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | 2925 |
| 8 December 2000 | Smoking | 400 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | LAGUNA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo City | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Schwartz Colonia | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Coulson Colonia | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Channel Lots Colonia | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Arroyo City Subdivision Colonia | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Monte Grande | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| La Leona | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Arroyo Gardens Number 4 Colonia | 6.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010242. 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.