View, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Merkel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79606. The Survey maps it on the View quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1890 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Buffalo Gap quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS View quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
190 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of View between 2003 and 2020, burning about 2,316 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 10 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 | 68 |
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 18 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CATTLE FEEDERS |
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRACTOR FIRE |
| 30 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 421 MCGHEE ROAD |
| 27 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 707 @ DRUMMOND RD |
| 26 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of View: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whites Mines Buzzard Mtn View Qy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
29 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names View in 29 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 16 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | View | $500,000 | Serious flash flooding was occurring along Elm Creek near Highway 277 and 606 where two houses were washed into the creek. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | View | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | View | $20,000 | A storm spotter reported damage to his home and several of his vehicles. This damage was caused by baseball size hail. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | View | $10,000 | A barn was heavily damaged by high winds. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | View | $5,000 | Numerous trees downed by winds estimated as high as 70 mph. |
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | View | $5,000 | High winds caused roof damage. |
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | View | $500 | Large tree limbs downed by high winds during a thunderstorm. |
| May 2022 | Hail | View | - | Law Enforcement reported golf ball size hail in View. |
| May 2017 | Hail | View | - | A National Weather Service Cooperative Observer reported quarter size hail mixed with lots of nickel size hail about 8 miles southwest of View. |
| May 2016 | Hail | View | - | The public reported ping pong ball size hail in View. |
| June 2013 | Hail | View | - | The public reported window screens shredded by large hail. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | View | - | A trained spotter reported several large six inch diameter by twenty foot pecan tree limbs were snapped. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | View | - | The public reported a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| October 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | View | - | Several power poles were knocked down in the View area where U.S. Highway 277 intersects County Road 209 and Farm to Market Road 1235. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | View | - | A fire chief in View, reported several power poles down and a metal roof blown off of a residence. He also reported that Buffalo Gap had power poles down. |
| May 2008 | Hail | View | - | Quarter size hail was reported along US-277 near View. |
| September 1999 | Flash Flood | View | - | Rainfall totals of 3 to 4 inches caused street flooding in the community of View in central Taylor County. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | View | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | View | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | View | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | View | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | View | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | View | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | View | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | View | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | View | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | View | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | View | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | View | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caps | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Cozart | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Buffalo Gap | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Wylie | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Tye | 7.9 miles | 18 | |
| Tuscola | 10.3 miles | 12 | |
| Blair | 10.8 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on View | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7928732 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1349275. 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.






