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Zamora Acres Colonia, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Cotulla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78014. The Survey maps it on the Cotulla quadrangle.

Zamora Acres Colonia within La Salle County

On record in Zamora Acres 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 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 10 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

152 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Zamora Acres Colonia between 2006 and 2019, burning about 1,810 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning93
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Equipment and vehicle use10
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMADISON POINTE
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined125 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 469 3 MILES FROM FM 468
30 September 2013Debris and open burning1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest Service35 GRASSFIRE
19 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceAVANT HWY97
15 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMM72 W SIDE
14 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGUADALUPE FIRE
14 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCITY WATER TOWER
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMILE MARKER 62

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in La Salle 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
Cotulla0.4 miles10
Gardendale5.7 miles9
Woodward8.4 miles8
Millett10.2 miles9
Artesia Wells11.1 miles13
Los Angeles12.2 miles10
Dull15.7 miles9
Fowlerton22.2 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2011385. 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.