Cedar Valley, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the South Bell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76571. The Survey maps it on the Youngsport quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 15 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.
- 1893 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Youngsport quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
71 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Valley between 2005 and 2020, burning about 920 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BROOKING FIRE |
| 19 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LLAMA RANCH |
| 7 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1389 CR 232 |
| 31 August 2019 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIREFLY ROAD |
| 21 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY LINE |
| 17 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 23964 FIREFLY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Valley: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bandas Industries Inc Reed,S Lake | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youngsport | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Prairie Dell | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Ding Dong | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Union Grove | 7.7 miles | 19 | |
| Salado | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Mountain View Estates | 8.2 miles | 16 | |
| Maxdale | 10.2 miles | 15 | |
| Harker Heights | 12.3 miles | 18 |
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 Cedar Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q113331276 | 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 2034696. 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.



