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Del Valle, Texas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78719. It stands on Carson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Montopolis quadrangle. It stands 482 feet above sea level.

Del Valle within Travis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

68 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Del Valle between 1998 and 2016, burning about 326 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined41
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning6
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1

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
27 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM973
1 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM969
24 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Travis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Del Valle: 14 producers, 3 past producers. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Booth QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerLimestone
Dean Word Company Abandoned PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dean Word Company OperationStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lawson Booth Abandoned PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Austin Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Birdall PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel, Sand
Colorado River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Green PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
J.V. Dirt and Loam PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand

Every working recorded in Travis County

Storms near this place

17 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Del Valle in 17 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 6 flash flood, 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2013LightningDel Valle$50,000Austin news station reported that 2 homes were damaged by a fire that was started due to a lightning strike. The homes were located on Carson Creek Road near Highway 71 in Del Valle.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindDel Valle$10,000Damage to trees and roofs in the southeast part of the county.
April 2026HailDel Valle-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail west of Austin Bergstrom International Airport.
December 2022FloodDel Valle-Brief heavy rain produced minor flooding near Austin Bergstrom International Airport. Minor street flooding was reported at Carson Creek and Hoeke Ln.
August 2021Flash FloodDel Valle-Thunderstorms produced four inches of rain in two hours in Austin. This led to flooding closing several streets including potions of Houeke Ln. and Posten Ln. near Austin Bergstrom International Airport.
July 2016Flash FloodDel Valle-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing some low water crossings in southeastern Austin including along Postem Ln. and Hoeke Ln. near Austin Bergstrom International Airport. The ASOS at Bergstrom measured 4.17 inches of rain since 6 AM.
October 2015Thunderstorm WindDel Valle-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that blew down a large tree near Bolm Rd. and Hwy 183. in eastern Austin.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindDel Valle-A thunderstorm produced a measured wind gust of 51 kts at Austin Bergstrom International Airport.
May 2011Flash FloodDel Valle-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused flooding in the 8100 block of Posten Lane in Austin.
June 2010Flash FloodDel Valle-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused flooding in the Austin area. A number of vehicles were stranded in flood waters and their occupants needed help escaping. Numerous roads were closed around the city.
September 2010Flash FloodDel Valle-Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Hermine produced flash flooding which closed Posten Lane at Hoeke Lane in Austin.
May 2008HailDel Valle-Hail was reported near Highway 183 and Highway 290.
April 2008Flash FloodDel Valle-Hoeke Lane at Poston was reported closed due to high water.
April 2014HailDel Valle-no account filed
April 2014HailDel Valle-no account filed
April 2014HailDel Valle-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindDel Valle-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Travis 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
Moores Crossing2.9 miles20
Montopolis2.9 miles20
Pilot Knob3.8 miles20
Iglehart4.3 miles19
Smoot4.4 miles19
Hornsby Bend4.6 miles18
Pershing4.8 miles19
Colton4.8 miles20

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 Del ValleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5253011The 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 1373370. 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.

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.