Morgan Mill, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Morgan Mill-Bluff Dale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76401. It stands on Henshaw Creek. The Survey maps it on the Morgan Mill quadrangle. It stands 1,053 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1890 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1920 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Morgan Mill quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
222 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 222 fires within 5 miles of Morgan Mill between 2005 and 2020, burning about 7,870 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 113 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE FM 1188 |
| 27 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE PR 1562 |
| 23 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 281 N |
| 2 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ANSLEY |
| 2 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHICKEN CITY FIRE #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
29 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morgan Mill in 29 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 20 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morgan Mill | $25,000 | A large tree was blown onto a house in extreme northeast Erath County. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morgan Mill | $10,000 | Trees were blown down on Highway 281 near Morgan Mill. The roof of the Morgan Mill school was heavily damaged. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Morgan Mill | $5,000 | Morgan Mill Fire Department reported ping pong ball hail in the city of Morgan Mill. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morgan Mill | $5,000 | The Erath County Sheriff's Office reported large trees blown down on Highway 281, north of Morgan Mill. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Morgan Mill | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Morgan Mill | $2,000 | A tornado briefly touched down and damaged two barns. |
| October 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morgan Mill | $500 | A large tree was blown down. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Morgan Mill | - | Quarter size hail reported in Morgan Mill by FD. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morgan Mill | - | Several trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. The trees blocked the roadway of Erath County Road 132 approximately 2 miles northwest of Morgan Mill. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Morgan Mill | - | Nickel size hail was reported in Morgan Mill. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morgan Mill | - | Large tree limbs broken off. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Morgan Mill | - | Reported by the co-op observer. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morgan Mill | - | Several trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Morgan Mill | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Morgan Mill | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Morgan Mill | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Morgan Mill | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Morgan Mill | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Morgan Mill | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Morgan Mill | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Morgan Mill | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Morgan Mill | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Morgan Mill | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | Morgan Mill | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | Morgan Mill | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | Morgan Mill | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Flash Flood | Morgan Mill | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Hail | Morgan Mill | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Morgan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sapoak | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Huckabay | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Patillo | 7.9 miles | 21 | |
| Bluff Dale | 8.1 miles | 14 | |
| Hannibal | 9.0 miles | 13 | |
| Knob Hill | 9.0 miles | 14 | |
| Stephenville | 11.7 miles | 15 | |
| Welcome Valley | 13.0 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 Morgan Mill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6911772 | 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 1341913. 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.





