BlockFarmers Valley, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Fargo-Odell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76384. The Survey maps it on the Tolbert quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Tolbert quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
39 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Farmers Valley between 2005 and 2015, burning about 684 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SPEAR GRASS FIRE |
| 4 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | OVERPASS |
| 20 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FORBES PLACE |
| 1 September 2010 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PERKINS FARMS |
| 5 August 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GARY ROGERS FIRE |
| 4 August 2005 | Natural | 85 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHEEK |
| 17 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FORBES PLACE |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tolbert | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Lockett | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Parsley Hill | 9.0 miles | 10 | |
| White City | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Vernon | 10.2 miles | 9 | |
| Hinds | 11.9 miles | 9 | |
| Odell | 12.5 miles | 9 | |
| Northside | 12.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034971. 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.