BlockCarta Valley, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Rocksprings South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78880. It lies near Riggs Draw. The Survey maps it on the Carta Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1943 USGS Carta Valley quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Del Rio quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Del Rio quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Carta Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Camp Wood quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Carta Valley between 2005 and 2011, burning about 3,079 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARTA VALLEY |
| 3 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 March 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2,100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 March 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 950 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 January 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 January 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BUFFLO CREEK RANCH |
Storms near this place
1 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carta Valley in 1 storm report in 1996: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1996 | Hail | Carta Valley | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocksprings | 29.2 miles | 12 | |
| Barksdale | 34.3 miles | 13 | |
| Hackberry | 36.3 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Carta Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5047030 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1353887. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.