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Mustang, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Pilot Point-Aubrey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76258. The Survey maps it on the Aubrey quadrangle.

Mustang within Denton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

70 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Mustang between 2005 and 2018, burning about 1,250 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Equipment and vehicle use14
Debris and open burning12
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSMILEY ROAD
28 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWINEBERG
19 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
12 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 902
1 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 377
7 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROCKIN RILEY
5 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGLEESON
30 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMULLINS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Denton County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mustang: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Don Davidson's Sand Pit OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Denton County

Storms near this place

8 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mustang in 8 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 4 hail, 2 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2025Thunderstorm WindMustang$5,000Mesonet station TWB73 Mustang Special Utility District on FM 2931 just east of Aubrey measured a 77 MPH wind gust.
May 2009Flash FloodMustang$500FM 1385 east of Aubrey was closed due to water over the road.
April 2024HailMustang-Trained spotter reported nickel sized hail 4 miles north of Mustang.
November 2021HailMustang-A public report indicated quarter to half dollar sized hail along Highway 1385 about midway between Aubrey and Celina, TX.
May 2015FloodMustang-Many roads remained closed due to flooding.
May 2015FloodMustang-The Denton County Sheriff's Department reported that numerous secondary roads remained closed across the county due to flooding.
May 2022HailMustang-no account filed
May 2021HailMustang-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Denton 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
Spring Hill2.3 miles7
Aubrey4.5 miles7
Parvin5.0 miles8
Krugerville5.4 miles7
Pilot Point6.1 miles8
Providence6.8 miles10
Navo7.0 miles10
New Hope (historical)7.5 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380230. 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.