BlockFlower Mound, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Lewisville-Flower Mound census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75022. The Survey maps it on the Lewisville West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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 Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Lewisville West quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1985 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
129 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Flower Mound between 2005 and 2018, burning about 494 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4900 LONG PRAIRIE |
| 6 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5000 MURRELL PARK |
| 16 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAWKS RD |
| 5 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARSHALL CREEK- 172 |
| 27 August 2010 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1601 JUSTIN |
| 20 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JERNIGAN |
| 2 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2221 SHUMARD |
| 12 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
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 Flower Mound: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Conley and Associates Operation | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double Oak | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Bartonville | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Trophy Club | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Lantana | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Copper Canyon | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Lewisville | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Marshall Creek | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Highland Village | 6.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1335983. 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.