BlockLoyal Valley, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Mason East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76856. It lies near Deep Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Loyal Valley quadrangle. 50 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 1,519 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1887 USGS Mason quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Mason quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Loyal Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mason quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Loyal Valley between 2007 and 2017, burning about 204 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US87S/ZIRIAX RCH |
| 20 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 87S/BILLMARTIN |
| 27 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RR 2242/HOUSE MOUNTAIN RD |
| 27 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US87S/E. DUSTY WHITETAIL TRL |
| 23 July 2017 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US87S/SIMONSVILLE RD/TPLUENNEKE |
| 16 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 110 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilda | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hedwigs Hill | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Art | 12.5 miles | 13 | |
| Grossville | 12.7 miles | 13 | |
| Mason | 16.8 miles | 13 | |
| Koockville | 17.9 miles | 12 | |
| Grit | 21.9 miles | 12 | |
| Pontotoc | 23.1 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Loyal Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6694447 | 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 1380113. 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.