BlockValera, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Talpa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76884. It stands on Bead Mountain Creek. The Survey maps it on the Valera quadrangle. 94 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,818 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 11 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 Valera quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
50 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Valera between 2006 and 2020, burning about 3,506 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RAILROAD W OF VALERA |
| 18 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GOREE RANCH |
| 4 August 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US 67 IN VALERA |
| 18 August 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VALERAN AND FM503 |
| 12 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CASA LOMA (103) |
| 11 August 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HORNE HILL TRAIN WILDFIRE |
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Valera in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valera | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valera | $8,000 | These winds were embedded in the large squall line that moved through the Heartland, and the winds produced a large swath of damage across the region. Minor roof damage and broken tree limbs were reported in the small town of Valera. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valera | - | A mesonet observation station reported a 58 mph wind gust. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valera | - | A storm chaser reported power lines down over the highway. The winds were estimated to be 70 mph. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valera | - | The Coleman County Fire Department/Rescue estimated a thunderstorm wind gust of 70 mph on U.S. 67 between Valera and Talpa. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Valera | - | A National Weather Service employee reported quarter size hail 3 miles west of Valera. |
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Valera | - | Farm to Market roads 503 and 2131 were flooded in several locations. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Valera | - | Law enforcement reported one and a half feet of water was over the road at U.S. highway 67 between Valera and Talpa. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Valera | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Valera | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Valera | - | no account filed |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Valera | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q285700 | 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 1349152. 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.