BlockValley Farms, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Rice census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75119. The Survey maps it on the Rosser SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Rosser SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Corsicana quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
51 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Valley Farms between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,206 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | C1927879 |
| 1 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | C2018904 |
| 11 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WHITMAN FIRE |
| 11 August 2008 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 10387 NECR 1060 |
| 4 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379201. 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.