Regional position
The Colony, Texas (code 72530, estimate 46,196), appears at inventory rank 890; its city label and reference are tied to place 72530. Latitude 33 degrees 5 minutes 23 seconds north and longitude 96 degrees 54 minutes 12 seconds west orient The Colony, Texas (rank 890); state Texas offers the frame near that marker. Rank 890 is comparison, not physical footprint; population estimate 46,196 positions The Colony, Texas (latitude 33.08960) among included places. Read The Colony, Texas (FIPS 48-72530) against Texas's Gulf coastal plain, prairies, Hill Country, High Plains, and desert mountains; identifier 48-72530 preserves local identity as the view widens.
Water and drainage
Identifier 48-72530 keeps the marker precise; Gulf rivers, playas, springs, reservoirs, and large interior watersheds gives The Colony, Texas (code 72530, estimate 46,196) a natural frame for direction and lower ground. For rank 890, supporting geography includes the observation that the Trans-Pecos combines desert and mountain habitats; The Colony, Texas (rank 890) stays the named reference. Neither becomes a complete local survey; the point for The Colony, Texas (latitude 33.08960), 48-72530, may be compared with the drainage layer. State 48 and place 72530 preserve the reference; use the water layer to compare the setting of The Colony, Texas (FIPS 48-72530).
Relief and elevation
Code 72530 keeps the setting attached; Around The Colony, Texas (code 72530, estimate 46,196), the page uses coastal plain, prairies, Hill Country, plains, and desert ranges to explain state-scale ground. Terrain explains why distance need not follow a straight line; reference 48-72530 fixes The Colony, Texas (rank 890) on the page. The evidence paired with The Colony, Texas (latitude 33.08960) notes historical Pineywoods forests commonly had pines on uplands and hardwoods on bottomlands; state 48 supplies the broader geographic frame. Place code 72530 preserves identity; use paired water and terrain setting to keep The Colony, Texas (FIPS 48-72530) in Texas.
Settlement pattern
For The Colony, Texas (code 72530), the municipal name is one layer of a statewide picture that includes water, open ground, and adjoining jurisdictions. Environmental systems supply the surrounding geography; for The Colony, Texas (rank 890), estimate 46,196 is a catalog measure. Identifier 48-72530 preserves municipal identity; Human geography near The Colony, Texas (latitude 33.08960) is connected to water and terrain. The Colony, Texas (FIPS 48-72530) is part of its Texas setting; identifier 48-72530 prevents setting from replacing city identity. Together, these layers place The Colony, Texas (estimate 46,196) in a wider settlement field while 72530 preserves its named identity.
Reading the city map
The guide moves from Texas to The Colony, Texas (code 72530, estimate 46,196); population 46,196 offers comparison but does not define geography. The image stays generalized; readers may verify The Colony, Texas (rank 890) by pairing 33 degrees 5 minutes 23 seconds north, 96 degrees 54 minutes 12 seconds west, and code 72530. Place 72530 confirms the entry; the useful comparison for The Colony, Texas (latitude 33.08960) is its position with natural systems. Rank 890 identifies the city entry; one state-scale clue behind The Colony, Texas (FIPS 48-72530) is that windblown sand and storm overwash transfer sediment toward Laguna Madre.