BlockHappy Valley, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Jim Ned census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79566. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shep quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1893 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Shep quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
47 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Happy Valley between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,768 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 191 |
| 5 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PETTY RANCH |
| 19 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROLLOVER ON US 277 |
| 14 September 2011 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ANTILLEY RANCH WEST FIRE |
| 1 September 2019 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORTH 70 |
| 9 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 196 & 1170 |
| 27 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JENNIFER AUGUST FIRE |
| 25 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 1378414. 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.