BlockSilver Valley, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Novice census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76834. The Survey maps it on the Novice East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 12 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.
- 1892 USGS Ballinger quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS Novice East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Silver Valley between 2003 and 2019, burning about 3,238 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MULLINS |
| 6 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROLLING PLAINS - 12 |
| 23 August 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BNSF |
| 12 August 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIGHTNING STRIKE HWY 84 |
| 10 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NOVICEWRIGHTHAYFIELD(102) |
| 10 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WRIGHT HAY FIRE |
| 5 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 84 N FIRE - JULY |
| 21 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US 84 N @CR474 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Silver Valley in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1994 | Hail | Silver Valley | - | Several mobile homes were damaged by thunderstorm winds. A child suffered an eye injury from glass debris. |
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 1380922. 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.