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One of 9 National Register listings published here for Starr County · listed in 2005 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Yzaquirre-Longoria House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 buildingss, 2 structuress as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Yzaquirre--Longoria House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 107 W. Water St., Rio Grande, 78582
- When was it listed? December 2005
- Category. building
- Also known as. Rio Grande City, Starr County, Texas MPS
- Census division. Rio Grande City
- National Register reference number. 05001462 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
403 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 403 fires within 5 miles of Yzaquirre-Longoria House between 1996 and 2020, burning about 2,525 acres in total. None started naturally. 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 241 |
| Debris and open burning | 124 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Other causes | 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 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 3 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | W. HINOJOSA ST. |
| 3 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LA REFORMA ST. |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SEPULVEDA CIR. |
| 3 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LA MESA ST./MI RANCHITA DR. |
| 28 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Texas Refuge Complex | 83 |
| 23 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FOREST ST. |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Yzaquirre-Longoria House: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fidel Guerra Gravel Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Mifflin Kenedy Warehouse and Old Starr County Courthouse | under 500 feet | 2005 |
 | de la Pena, Silverio, Drugstore and Post Office | 0.4 miles | 1980 |
 | LaBorde House, Store and Hotel | 0.4 miles | 1980 |
| Fred and Nell Kain Guerra House | 0.5 miles | 2005 | |
 | Rio Grande City Downtown Historic District | 1.0 miles | 2005 |
 | Fort Ringgold Historic District | 1.0 miles | 1993 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 05001462 in Record Group 79. |
| Starr County | All 9 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.