Cedar Valley, Texas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Southwest Travis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78736. The Survey maps it on the Signal Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1896 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000
- 1910 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Buda quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Signal Hill quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Signal Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
108 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Valley between 2005 and 2020, burning about 372 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 10407 SPRING VALLEY |
| 29 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 104241 |
| 2 September 2006 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8700 THUNDERBIRD |
| 26 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 91183 |
| 14 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9718 LEDGESTONE |
| 14 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9902 OLIVER |
| 14 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TOWANA & MOWINKLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cedar Valley: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Flint. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed | Flint | Past Producer | Flint |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Hill | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Bee Cave | 6.0 miles | 23 | |
| Barton Creek | 6.3 miles | 25 | |
| Shady Hollow | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| Kincheonville | 6.5 miles | 18 | |
| Tanglewood Forest | 7.0 miles | 18 | |
| Williamson | 7.1 miles | 18 | |
| Ford Oaks | 7.4 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 Q121832694 | 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 1373030. 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.







