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Mingo, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Denton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76208. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Denton East quadrangle.

Mingo within Denton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

90 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Mingo between 2005 and 2019, burning about 808 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2013Misuse of fire by a minor100 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13082072
29 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHIGBEE
28 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest Service09-0001492
24 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1316 EAST MCKINNEY STREET
24 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2900 N. LOCUST STREET
20 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRHODES ROAD
2 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceN ELM STREET
6 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Denton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Mingo: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Denton Pit and Plant No. 536Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Harbert,Hobson,Sewell,AllisonClayProducer
Herbert PitClayProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Denton County

Storms near this place

14 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mingo in 14 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 10 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2014Flash FloodMingo$40,000Numerous reports were received of six to eight inches of water on the road on the intersection of Hummingbird Lane and Cardinal Drive in the city of Denton.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindMingo$20,000A 100-foot Internet tower was snapped in half at the Greenbelt Business Park. A trailer on the same property was pushed 70 feet across a driveway. At the Denton Crossing shopping center at Loop 288 and Brinker Road, utility poles were knocked down.
May 2013HailMingo$10,000Denton Emergency Management reported 2 inch diameter hail in Denton, at the intersection of McKinney and 288.
May 2013HailMingo$5,000Half dollar sized hail was reported in the city of Denton.
June 2024HailMingo-Reported via mPing.
May 2020HailMingo-Hail up to 1 in diameter was reported approximately 2 miles east of UNT Discovery Park in Denton.
May 2020HailMingo-A public report indicated nickel to quarter sized hail approximately 2 miles east of the city of Denton, TX.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindMingo-Thunderstorm winds broke medium and large tree branches on Manten Drive in Denton.
April 2018HailMingo-Emergency management reported penny-sized hail on loop 288 east of the city of Denton, TX.
August 2017Flash FloodMingo-Emergency management reported a road closure near the intersection of Blagg Rd and N Mayhill Rd due to high water.
April 2016HailMingo-A trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail approximately 5 miles east of Denton, TX.
May 2013HailMingo-Denton Emergency Management reported quarter sized hail on Highway 380 at Loop 288.
May 2011HailMingo-Nickel sized hail fell approximately 6 miles east of Denton.
May 2011HailMingo-Half-dollar sized hail fell at the intersection of Highway 380 and Highway 288.

Every storm recorded in Denton County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Cooper Creek1.2 miles11
Mayhill3.2 miles11
Cross Roads3.3 miles11
New Hope (historical)3.9 miles10
Denton4.4 miles10
Krugerville4.4 miles7
Carter4.5 miles11
Green Valley4.6 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378688. 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.

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.