BlockYucca Acres Colonia, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Orange Grove-Sandia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78380. The Survey maps it on the Orange Grove 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 Orange Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
148 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Yucca Acres Colonia between 2006 and 2020, burning about 750 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 72 |
| Debris and open burning | 50 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4710 CINDY |
| 8 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM624 |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 624 AND CR 353 |
| 14 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 649 CR 350 |
| 13 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 362 CR 323 |
| 8 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 683 CR 354 |
| 7 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | EAST HWY 624 |
| 5 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 624 & FM 70 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Acres Colonia | 1.2 miles | 8 | |
| Orange Acres Colonia | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Orange Grove | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Alfred Hilltop Estates Colonia | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Heritage Acres Number 2 Colonia | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Orange Grove Villa Colonia | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| R and R Colonia | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Koehn Estates Colonia | 3.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2011384. 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.