Mangum, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Gorman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76435. The Survey maps it on the Carbon 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.
- 1894 USGS Eastland quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Carbon quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Mangum between 2005 and 2018, burning about 3,842 acres in total. None 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 | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HANNA #1 |
| 7 July 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAILEY |
| 27 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 54 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HORSE CREEK |
| 22 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 June 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TERRY STACY |
| 31 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 296 FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mangum in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Hail | Mangum | - | Half dollar sized hail fell 2.7 miles northeast of Magnum. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mangum | - | Eastland County Sheriff's Office reported several trees blown down by thunderstorm winds. The damage occurred near County Road 313 and FM 2683 north of Gorman. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Mangum | - | Quarter sized hail fell along Highway 6 about 5 miles south of Eastland. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punkin Center | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Carbon | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Eastland | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Romney | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Cisco | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Mountain Top | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Staff | 8.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378639. 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.




