BlockFiles Valley, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Itasca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76055. The Survey maps it on the Files Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1891 USGS Cleburne quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Cleburne quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Files Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cleburne quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
123 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Files Valley between 2006 and 2020, burning about 2,249 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 55 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IH 35 -8MM |
| 4 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | IH 35 |
| 3 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | IH 35 |
| 29 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 934 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HCR 4281 |
| 26 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 171 |
| 23 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PR 440 |
| 23 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 012-215 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Itasca | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Mountain View | 7.6 miles | 15 | |
| Lovelace | 9.6 miles | 15 | |
| Midway | 9.9 miles | 15 | |
| Covington | 10.1 miles | 17 | |
| Osceola | 10.2 miles | 14 | |
| Carls Corner | 10.5 miles | 15 | |
| Mayfield | 10.7 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122541790 | 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 1378291. 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.