BlockDry Valley, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Montague-Forestburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76239. It stands on Mallard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Salona quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1905 USGS Montague quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Salona quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
59 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Dry Valley between 2004 and 2020, burning about 2,582 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONTROLLED BURN |
| 26 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DEER HUNTER FIRE |
| 11 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 1 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAR FIRE |
| 1 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 455 WEST |
| 3 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MILLER/MCDONALD |
| 3 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DRY VALLEY RD |
| 3 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2012092 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379681. 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.