Mostyn, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Magnolia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77354. The Survey maps it on the Magnolia East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Magnolia East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
96 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Mostyn between 1992 and 2016, burning about 554 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 | 65 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 199 |
| 8 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 96 |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 190 |
| 3 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 40 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mostyn in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Flood | Mostyn | $6,400,000 | Flooding from numerous heavy rain events in April and early May led to significant damage. |
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | Mostyn | $3,000,000 | FM 1774 was flooded just west of Magnolia near the Montgomery and Waller County line. |
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Mostyn | $10,000 | Several roads in the Magnolia and Stagecoach areas became impassable due to high water. Several water rescues were made from stalled vehicles. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Mostyn | $1,000 | Quarter-sized hail was reported just west of Magnolia. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karen | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Ventura | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Magnolia | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Pinehurst | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Stagecoach | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Keenan | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Egypt | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Decker Prairie | 7.0 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122562272 | 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 1378704. 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.




