Villa, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Mullin-Priddy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76864. It lies near Round Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Mullin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1889 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1925 USGS Brownwood 4-c quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Mullin quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Mullin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Mullin quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Comanche quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
44 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Villa between 2005 and 2020, burning about 3,879 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR259 |
| 26 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNKNOWN |
| 17 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR259 |
| 11 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5150 |
| 8 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR259A |
| 29 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCARBOROGH FIRE |
| 27 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR259 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blanket Springs | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Duke Crossing | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Mullin | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Democrat | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Ridge | 9.8 miles | 15 | |
| Bozar | 10.0 miles | 16 | |
| Ebony | 11.6 miles | 18 | |
| Durenville | 11.9 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380725. 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.







