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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Nursery quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Goliad quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
202 since 2006Regional 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 burning | 90 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 59 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARRIOTT GRASS FIRE |
| 9 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PARSONS RD |
| 6 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VILLAFRANCA RD |
| 3 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLIVER |
| 26 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ZAC LENTZ PKWY |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCCORMICK DRIVE FIRE |
| 2 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JUAN ANTONIO |
| 18 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOWER MISSION VALLEY ROAD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nursery | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Dupre | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Victoria | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Chipley | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Mission Valley | 7.3 miles | 7 | |
| Quail Creek | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Aloe | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Telferner | 9.2 miles | 8 |
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 Moursund | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q29470739 | 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 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.




