Mound, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Gatesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76528. It stands on Henson Creek. The Survey maps it on the North Fort Hood quadrangle. 174 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 686 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1894 USGS Gatesville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS North Fort Hood quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Gatesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Gatesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS North Fort Hood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Temple quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS North Fort Hood quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
149 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Mound between 2003 and 2020, burning about 3,495 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 80 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2950 FM 1829 |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1829 & FM 107 |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TIPPETT PLACE |
| 26 September 2006 | Smoking | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEON RIVER & 1829 |
| 23 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 330 FIRE |
| 21 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1015 FM 107 |
| 15 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 450 CR 317 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mound: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mound Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mound in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 hail. 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 2023 | Hail | Mound | - | Fire and rescue reported quarter sized hail at the North Fort Hood Fire Station on the Longhorn and Shorthorn Airfields. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Junction | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Flat | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Pecan Grove (historical) | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Fort Gates | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| South Mountain | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Cavitt | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Lime City | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Cold Springs | 7.7 miles | 19 |
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 Mound | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6919094 | 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 1363217. 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.








