BlockBig Valley, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Goldthwaite census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76844. It stands on Prescott Creek. The Survey maps it on the Big Valley North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1885 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1925 USGS San Saba 1-b quadrangle1:48000
- 1928 USGS Goldthwaite quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Goldthwaite quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Goldthwaite quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Big Valley North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Big Valley between 2008 and 2020, burning about 1,566 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EDMONDSON |
| 16 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LAMBERT |
| 17 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 345 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 412 |
| 26 June 2013 | Debris and open burning | 57 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GOLDTHWAITE 16 FIRE |
| 24 June 2018 | Natural | 771 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 402 |
| 14 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGHWAY 16 N |
| 4 April 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 250 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | THOMAS FIRE |
| 24 January 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HARKEY 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goldthwaite | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Ratler | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Double Ford | 7.5 miles | 15 | |
| Castor | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Durenville | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Bozar | 9.3 miles | 16 | |
| Ridge | 9.9 miles | 15 | |
| Scallorn | 10.3 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034964. 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.