Mission Valley, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Victoria West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77905. The Survey maps it on the Mission Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Mission Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Goliad quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
154 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Mission Valley between 2003 and 2020, burning about 2,031 acres in total. 1 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 | 84 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 236 MOODY |
| 27 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ORT ROAD FIRE |
| 21 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 601 ARNOLD ROAD |
| 11 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 032-14 |
| 1 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MISSION VALLEY ACRES |
| 8 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 16-11 |
| 6 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 616 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mission Valley in 3 storm reports between 1993 and 1994: 3 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Hail | Mission Valley | $50,000 | At 2005 CST the public reported golf ball-sized hail around Mission Valley. This report was later confirmed by Civil Air Patrol personnel at 2010 CST as well. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Mission Valley | $50,000 | At 2005 CST the public reported golf ball-sized hail around Mission Valley. This report was later confirmed by Civil Air Patrol personnel at 2010 CST as well. |
| April 1993 | Hail | Mission Valley | - | Nickel-size hail was reported in Mission Valley. Several trees 3 to 4 inches in diameter were snapped in two near Aloe Field. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nursery | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Moursund | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Coletoville | 10.0 miles | 8 | |
| Quail Creek | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Dupre | 10.4 miles | 9 | |
| Aloe | 11.1 miles | 9 | |
| Chipley | 11.4 miles | 9 | |
| Raisin | 11.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1362977. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




