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Mustang, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Corsicana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75109. The Survey maps it on the Corsicana quadrangle. It stands 390 feet above sea level.

Mustang within Navarro County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 10 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

366 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 366 fires within 5 miles of Mustang between 2004 and 2020, burning about 3,023 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 15 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 burning152
Missing data/not specified/undetermined119
Equipment and vehicle use45
Arson/incendiarism15
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Smoking12
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1
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
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCELL TOWER GRASSFIRE
7 September 2004Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSW COUNTY ROAD 0020 / SW COUNTY ROAD 0030 (41)
6 September 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 641@HIGHLINES
6 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service359 NW CR 2171
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined250 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCORSICANA CITY RUN
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLLOYD LANE OIL LEASE
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTORY RD.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Navarro 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: Clay. 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
Whiteselle Brick and Lumber CoClayProducer

Every working recorded in Navarro 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
Angus0.5 miles10
Pickett2.5 miles10
Retreat2.8 miles10
Navarro2.9 miles7
Mildred3.2 miles10
Oak Valley4.6 miles9
Corbet5.7 miles9
Cheneyboro5.8 miles9

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 MustangAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q981552The 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 1388614. 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.