BlockWillowview, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Quanah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79252. The Survey maps it on the Quanah East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Quanah quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Quanah East quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Willowview between 2006 and 2015, burning about 2,400 acres in total. 1 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 | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2015 | Natural | 800 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ABERNATHY |
| 25 June 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAMBY FIRE |
| 3 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILLOW VIEW FIRE |
| 10 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 220 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEST ZONE WEST - 60 |
| 10 February 2006 | Smoking | 230 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carnes | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Talbert Crossing | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Quanah | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Acme (historical) | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| North Groesbeck | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Middleburg | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| Goodlett | 9.4 miles | 10 | |
| Punkin Center | 10.5 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380788. 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.