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Green Valley, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Sanger census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76227. It stands on Aubrey Branch. The Survey maps it on the Green Valley quadrangle.

Green Valley within Denton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

55 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Green Valley between 2005 and 2018, burning about 932 acres in total. None 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/undetermined25
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
7 September 2013Misuse of fire by a minor100 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13082072
29 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHIGBEE
20 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRHODES ROAD
5 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use61 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceELK RIVERNORTH BRANCH - 103
28 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSHERMAN
11 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePIERCE
1 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHASKINS
6 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service12-1128

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Denton County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Green Valley: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Denton Pit and Plant No. 536Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Denton 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
Aubrey4.2 miles7
Krugerville4.5 miles7
Mingo4.6 miles11
Cooper Creek5.1 miles11
Cross Roads6.6 miles11
Sanger6.8 miles10
New Hope (historical)6.8 miles10
Spring Hill6.9 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379857. 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.