BlockCollege Mound, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Terrell South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75161. The Survey maps it on the Elmo quadrangle. It stands 518 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Elmo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
245 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 245 fires within 5 miles of College Mound between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,102 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 | 141 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 36 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 136B |
| 5 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 316A |
| 3 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | YELLOW |
| 3 September 2016 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | T-M |
| 3 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1511 HIGHLAND ACRES |
| 28 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ABNER FM 2728 |
| 24 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCCOY |
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 College Mound: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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.
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 College Mound | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076443 | 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 2034629. 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.