BlockMountain View, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hillsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76670. The Survey maps it on the Hillsboro East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1891 USGS Cleburne quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Cleburne quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hillsboro East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cleburne quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
182 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Mountain View between 2006 and 2020, burning about 4,600 acres in total. 3 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 | 81 |
| Debris and open burning | 62 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1,100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 934 GRASS FIRE |
| 30 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE- HCR 4311 |
| 29 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 187 |
| 29 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4235 |
| 29 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5571 FM 934 FIRE |
| 29 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HCR 4135 |
| 29 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 934 |
| 26 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 77 GRASS FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carls Corner | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Lovelace | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Midway | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Lakenon | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Itasca | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Mayfield | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Hillsboro | 7.6 miles | 15 | |
| Files Valley | 7.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378713. 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.