BlockValley Grove, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Laneville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75760. It stands on Johnson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Laneville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1943 USGS Cushing quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Cushing quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Laneville quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
109 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Valley Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,228 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 67 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Natural | 73 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6303 |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 92 |
| 24 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OCAR JOHNSON |
| 17 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 547 |
| 15 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 159 |
| 10 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 84 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Valley Grove: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cushing Mtn Mine and Mill | Iron | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zion Grove | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Sulphur Springs | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Glenfawn | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Anadarko | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Oak Flat | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Freeneytown | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Laneville | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Fairview | 7.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379202. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.