BlockMustang Prairie, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Porter Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75835. The Survey maps it on the Porter Springs quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Porter Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Crockett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
173 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Mustang Prairie (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,375 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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 burning | 111 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2013-327 |
| 7 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRACTOR FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | AUSTONIO ASSIST |
| 3 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2009295 |
| 27 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 26 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 159 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Porter Springs | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Cut | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Crockett | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Lone Pine | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Austonio | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Pearsons Chapel | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Nottingham Woods | 8.0 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377351. 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.