BlockMountain View Estates, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Southwest Bell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76549. It lies near Long Mountain. The Survey maps it on the McMillan Mountains quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1894 USGS Gatesville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Fort Hood quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS McMillan Mountains quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fort Hood quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS McMillan Mountains quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Temple quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS McMillan Mountains quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
321 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 321 fires within 5 miles of Mountain View Estates between 2004 and 2020, burning about 2,111 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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/undetermined | 188 |
| Debris and open burning | 84 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3312 RUSACK DR |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ON REGENCY DR AT E STAN SCHLUETER LOOP |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HICKORY DR. |
| 28 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4006178 |
| 26 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 26511 FM 2607 |
| 25 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.8 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RIGHT AWAY |
| 20 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8527 EAST TRIMMIER RD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ding Dong | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Maxdale | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Youngsport | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Lone Star | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| Harker Heights | 7.7 miles | 18 | |
| Killeen | 7.9 miles | 18 | |
| Cedar Valley | 8.2 miles | 15 | |
| Union Grove | 8.5 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1385364. 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.