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Cedarview, Texas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Southwest Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75104. It lies near Inspiration Point. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Hill quadrangle.

Cedarview within Dallas County

On record in Cedarview

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 5 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 21 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

61 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Cedarview between 2005 and 2020, burning about 923 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/undetermined43
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
26 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service67 SB FIRE
23 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service67 NB BIRE
21 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service7319 CHINABERRY
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePLUME CT
7 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service900 GIFCO RD
6 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 1382
4 August 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4881 MONTGOMERY RD
3 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution508 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGIFCO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cedarview: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Limestone, General. 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
Gifford-Hill Cement PlantStone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Limestone, GeneralProducer
Midlothian Gifford-Hill QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerLimestone, Shale

Every working recorded in Dallas 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
Kingswood0.7 miles21
Cedar Hill0.8 miles21
River Oaks4.3 miles21
Shamrock4.4 miles21
Pleasant Run4.9 miles21
Woodland Hills5.5 miles21
Duncanville5.8 miles21
DeSoto5.9 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378106. 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.