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Valley View, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Waco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76708. The Survey maps it on the Gholson quadrangle.

Valley View within McLennan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

314 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 314 fires within 5 miles of Valley View between 2004 and 2020, burning about 1,139 acres in total. 2 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
Debris and open burning158
Missing data/not specified/undetermined85
Equipment and vehicle use28
Smoking24
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2510037
5 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service18318
5 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1829 RIVER RD
30 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service17-2730020
30 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service166-17
30 September 2013Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCULPEPPER LN. FIRE
30 September 2004Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2011Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceAIRPORT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McLennan County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Valley View: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
Grayson PitSilicaPast Producer
Bosqueville Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
H and B No 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Waco Sand and Gravel Co Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in McLennan 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
Erath1.0 miles18
Rock Creek2.5 miles18
Bosqueville3.0 miles19
Bannas Junction3.3 miles19
Eichelberger Crossing3.5 miles19
China Springs3.7 miles18
Patrick3.7 miles18
Caldwell Crossing4.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1370558. 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.