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Moursund, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Victoria census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77904. The Survey maps it on the Nursery quadrangle.

Moursund within Victoria County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

202 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Moursund between 2006 and 2020, burning about 3,122 acres in total. 1 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 burning90
Missing data/not specified/undetermined59
Equipment and vehicle use25
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1
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
9 September 2019Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMARRIOTT GRASS FIRE
9 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePARSONS RD
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceVILLAFRANCA RD
3 September 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOLIVER
26 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceZAC LENTZ PKWY
22 September 2019Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMCCORMICK DRIVE FIRE
2 September 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJUAN ANTONIO
18 September 2019Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLOWER MISSION VALLEY ROAD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Victoria County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Moursund: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Victoria 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
Nursery3.4 miles8
Dupre3.8 miles9
Victoria6.3 miles9
Chipley7.0 miles9
Mission Valley7.3 miles7
Quail Creek7.7 miles9
Aloe8.3 miles9
Telferner9.2 miles8

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 MoursundAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q29470739The 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 1380223. 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.