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Bluff View, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Brownwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76801. It lies near Round Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Bangs East quadrangle.

Bluff View within Brown County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

159 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Bluff View between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,489 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined62
Debris and open burning39
Equipment and vehicle use31
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural2

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
7 September 2011Arson/incendiarism35 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 134 / CR 135
5 September 2012Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
28 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 2125 7417
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE279
25 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 279
25 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 279 (7415)
25 September 2012Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceALDERSGATE ENRICHMENT CENTER
24 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 198/5011 HWY 67

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brown County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bluff View: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brownwood Pit Plant Texas Brick CoClayProducer
Brownwood QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary
White's Mines Brownwood QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Brown 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
Brownwood1.2 miles20
Early3.7 miles20
Woodland Heights3.7 miles20
Ricker (historical)4.9 miles20
Dalzell6.5 miles14
Bangs6.6 miles14
Lake Brownwood8.0 miles17
Shamrock Shores8.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1372647. 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.

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.