Valley View, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the New Braunfels census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78132. The Survey maps it on the Smithson Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1920 USGS Smithsons Valley quadrangle1:62500
- 1927 USGS Smithson Valley quadrangle1:62500
- 1929 USGS Smithson Valley quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Smithson Valley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Smithson Valley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Valley View between 2005 and 2020, burning about 82 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BORDEAUX |
| 5 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGH DRIVE FIRE |
| 14 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DODD FIRE |
| 3 July 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LARA FIRE |
| 22 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 46 FIRE |
| 11 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VIA PRINCIPALE |
| 6 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | S. CRANES MILL RD. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Valley View: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centex Ingram Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Limestone |
Storms near this place
8 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Valley View in 8 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valley View | $1,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that snapped several large tree limbs in the Mission Hills Ranch subdivision northwest of New Braunfels. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Valley View | - | A thunderstorm produced penny size hail along Hwy 46 between Bulverde and New Braunfels. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Valley View | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail off of FM 3009 north of Natural Bridge Caverns. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Valley View | - | A thunderstorm produced hail up to the size of golf balls in the Vintage Oaks neighborhood northwest of New Braunfels. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Valley View | - | A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail along Hwy 46 northwest of New Braunfels. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Valley View | - | A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail on the northwest side of New Braunfels. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Valley View | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. A low water crossing on Schoenthal Rd. at Dry Comal Creek was flooded. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Valley View | - | Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Hermine produced flash flooding which closed 10 roads across the Comal County including FM 1863 at Dry Comal Creek. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smithson Valley | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Startzville | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Buffalo Springs (historical) | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Second Crossing | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Canyon Lake Forest | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Bulverde East (historical) | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Third Crossing | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Westhaven | 6.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380706. 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.
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.








