Mingus, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Strawn-Gordon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76463. It lies near Tater Hill. The Survey maps it on the Strawn East quadrangle. 223 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 951 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMingus fell from 235 to 223 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 235 | |
| 2020 | 223 | -12 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1891 USGS Palo Pinto quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1918 USGS Palo Pinto quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gordon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Strawn East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mineral Wells quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
195 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Mingus between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,829 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 93 |
| Debris and open burning | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | REED |
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR 107 |
| 30 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 370I20 |
| 29 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 372 |
| 16 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mingus: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Strawn Materials Davidson Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mingus in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingus | $20,000 | The front entrance of a building in Mingus collapsed inward with glass blown out of the front windows. |
| May 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Mingus | $5,000 | A brief EF-1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 105 mph occurred north of Mingus on the evening of May 18th. Tree damage was noted along Dairy Farm Road, with the most significant tree damage observed on a private property. Very large pecan trees were uprooted, with a few large trunks snapped. Many other large branches and small trunks were snapped across the property. Sheet metal was also ripped off of a metal shed on the northern edge of the property. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingus | $2,000 | Power poles and damaged trees were observed along Rock Creek Road to the northwest of Mingus. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Mingus | - | Nickel size hail was reported in Mingus. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyra | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Gordon | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Strawn | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Coalville | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Gordon Junction | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Santo | 11.9 miles | 21 | |
| Metcalf Gap | 11.9 miles | 16 | |
| Lone Camp | 12.7 miles | 16 |
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 Mingus | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q982167 | 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 1341720. 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.






