BlockValley View, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Loraine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79532. The Survey maps it on the Colorado City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1952 USGS Colorado City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Valley View between 2006 and 2014, burning about 314 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TURNBO |
| 14 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PRESCOTT |
| 20 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHITSY |
| 22 January 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRANTHEM |
| 20 January 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5836 CR4156 |
| 18 January 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 1379203. 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.