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Valley Hi, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the San Antonio West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78227. The Survey maps it on the Macdona quadrangle.

Valley Hi within Bexar County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

73 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Valley Hi between 2005 and 2014, burning about 155 acres in total. None 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/undetermined51
Debris and open burning9
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceUS-90 & 1604
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRAVEN FIELD/QUIET PLAIN
27 September 2009Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 90 W/GROSENBACHER RD.
27 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service10235 CANTON FIELD
19 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceW FM 1604 S/MARBACH RD
15 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service12803 W LOOP 1604
8 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1604 & PRUE RD.
6 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service9915 FUCHSIA VIEW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bexar County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Valley Hi: 7 producers, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bentonite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bexar County QuarrysStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitsBentonitePast ProducerSedimentary
1604 E. Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
1604 W. Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cagnon Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Highway 90 Sand & Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Medina PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Strauss PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Bexar County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Lackland City1.1 miles13
Kelland Heights2.1 miles13
Lackland Heights2.3 miles13
Westwood Village2.5 miles13
Lackland Terrace2.6 miles13
Heafer3.6 miles13
Withers3.6 miles13
Macdona4.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1376563. 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.