BlockValley View, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Paducah North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79248. The Survey maps it on the Grow NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 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 Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1968 USGS Grow NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Dickens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
54 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Valley View between 2006 and 2019, burning about 11,199 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 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 | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE 8 MILES WEST HWY 70 |
| 7 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROADSIDE FIRE |
| 28 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CITY WELL FIELD - GRASSFIRE |
| 11 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MAJORS FIRE |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ginsite | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Paducah | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Narcisso | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Delwin | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| Sneedville | 9.5 miles | 8 | |
| Jacobs (historical) | 10.7 miles | 8 | |
| Dunlap | 11.1 miles | 8 | |
| Chalk | 11.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2035019. 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.