BlockValdina Farms, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the D'Hanis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78861. It stands on Little Seco Creek. The Survey maps it on the Comanche Waterhole quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Sabinal quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Comanche Waterhole quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Uvalde quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Uvalde quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Valdina Farms between 2006 and 2013, burning about 3,310 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11 N 187 BRUSH FIRE |
| 8 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3,300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CVFD NUMBER 70 |
| 18 February 2013 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURDITT RANCH RD |
| 24 November 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8100 FM 1796 |
| 6 January 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flatrock Crossing | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| D'Hanis | 12.5 miles | 9 | |
| Hondo | 16.2 miles | 9 | |
| New Fountain | 18.5 miles | 9 | |
| Quihi | 19.9 miles | 9 | |
| Dunlay | 23.0 miles | 9 | |
| Bader | 24.1 miles | 9 | |
| Mico | 24.5 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122544550 | 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 1349150. 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.