BlockWelcome Valley, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Stephenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76401. The Survey maps it on the Stephenville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Stephenville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1920 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
315 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 315 fires within 5 miles of Welcome Valley between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,874 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 23 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 131 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 75 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 74 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE HWY 377 N |
| 5 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE HWY 281 S |
| 5 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE FM 847 |
| 27 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR 183 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephenville | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Knob Hill | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Selden | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Three Way | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Johnsville | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Harbin | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Alexander | 10.2 miles | 12 | |
| Duffau | 10.6 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122556891 | 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 1349625. 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.