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Valley View, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Nocona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76255. The Survey maps it on the Prairie Valley School quadrangle.

Valley View within Montague County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

157 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Valley View between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,741 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 3 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
Equipment and vehicle use75
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Debris and open burning14
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
5 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2015088
16 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2017105
14 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2019075
9 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2015070
9 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montague County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Valley View: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Montague 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
Rowland0.9 miles9
Spanish Fort2.8 miles10
Hynds City3.6 miles9
Nocona Hills6.6 miles10
Corinth10.5 miles9
Illinois Bend10.6 miles13
Nocona11.4 miles10
Belcherville13.1 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380707. 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.