BlockValley Ridge, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Arlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76140. The Survey maps it on the Mansfield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1894 USGS Fort Worth quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Arlington quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1985 USGS Fort Worth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
148 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Valley Ridge between 2005 and 2020, burning about 982 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 91 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MANSFIELD FIRE |
| 24 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MITCHELL |
| 23 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FEATHERSTONE |
| 19 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NEWT PATTERSON |
| 11 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RIVER OAKS |
| 1 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FOREST HILL |
| 8 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NEWT PATTERSON |
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 1349172. 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.