BlockZapata Ranch Colonia, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Sebastian census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78569. The Survey maps it on the Santa Rosa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1929 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:24000
- 1933 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Port Isabel quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Harlingen quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
48 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Zapata Ranch Colonia between 2002 and 2020, burning about 279 acres in total. None 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 27 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 22 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | 41 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | RANCHITO |
| 19 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | UNDER |
| 16 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LARGE FRONTAGE GRASS FIRE |
| 10 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FRONTAGE FIRE |
| 6 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRASH FIRE |
| 26 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zapata Ranch | 0.1 miles | 13 | |
| S and C Colonia | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Sebastian | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Hugh Terry Colonia | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Lyford South Colonia | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Lyford | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Bausell and Ellis Colonia | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Raymondville Tract Number 1 Colonia | 7.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010642. 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.