Cypress Mill, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Johnson City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78663. It stands on Cleveland Branch. The Survey maps it on the Round Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1887 USGS Blanco quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Blanco quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Round Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pedernales River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
74 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Cypress Mill between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,811 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2107 SHOVEL MTN RD |
| 15 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 7.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH PILES |
| 8 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1980 |
| 12 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE 962 EAST |
| 7 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONTROL BURN |
| 27 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STIELER FIRE |
| 27 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHOVEL MTN RD #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cypress Mill in 8 storm reports between 2006 and 2018: 4 flash flood, 4 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Cypress Mill | $100,000 | Two lines of thunderstorms, one moving south from the Dallas area and one moving southeast from the Abilene area, intersected and stalled near Marble Falls, producing rainfall of 8 to 10 inches in extreme northern Blanco County with up to 14 inches near Round Mountain. Flash flooding developed in the early morning hours and continued into mid morning, resulting in the closing of most roads in northern Blanco County. Among the major roads closed due to high water were FM962 and US281. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Cypress Mill | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding washing away a vehicle near Cypress Creek. No injuries were reported. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Cypress Mill | - | A thunderstorm produced penny size hail north of Pedernales Falls State Park. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Cypress Mill | - | A trained spotter reported quarter size hail covering the ground. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Cypress Mill | - | A park ranger reported penny size hail in Pedernales Falls State Park. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Cypress Mill | - | Heavy rain caused flooding which closed County Road 962 near Cypress Mill. |
| May 2006 | Flash Flood | Cypress Mill | - | Rainfall of between 2 and 3 inches in the Cypress Mill area caused flash flooding in the early morning hours. Among the roads closed was FM962. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Cypress Mill | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Mountain | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Johnson City | 11.2 miles | 15 | |
| Sandy | 11.7 miles | 15 | |
| Post Oak | 16.3 miles | 12 | |
| Westbrook (historical) | 16.5 miles | 12 | |
| Rocky Creek | 17.1 miles | 12 | |
| Blowout | 17.9 miles | 11 | |
| Payton | 18.7 miles | 15 |
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 Cypress Mill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q113648991 | 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 1379628. 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.
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.






