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Yvonne Colonia, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the McAllen-Pharr census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78577. The Survey maps it on the Pharr quadrangle.

Yvonne Colonia within Hidalgo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 14 printed sheets

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.

Fires near this place

166 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Yvonne Colonia between 2002 and 2018, burning about 305 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning132
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
7 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFIRE CALL
29 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service11-740
26 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceILLEGAL BURN
22 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hidalgo County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Diaz Colonia0.4 miles14
Whalen Acres Colonia1.0 miles14
Palm Heights Colonia1.1 miles14
Bryan's Addition Colonia1.2 miles14
Francis Addition Colonia1.4 miles14
Tagle Colonia Number 11.4 miles14
Border Colonia1.5 miles14
Pharr1.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2011487. 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.