Stampede, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Northwest Bell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76557. It stands on Payne Branch. The Survey maps it on the Eagle Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1892 USGS Temple quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1924 USGS Temple 2-C quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Mc Gregor quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Eagle Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Temple quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
62 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Stampede between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,800 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 28 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BILL AUGMIER |
| 27 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BILL AUGNIER |
| 24 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MOODY LEON |
| 20 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 554 |
| 12 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | IRON BRIDGE RD |
| 11 September 2014 | Natural | 5.4 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IRON BRIDGE RD |
| 31 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WINKLER PARK FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stampede in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 1 flood, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Stampede | $50,000 | Emergency management reported multiple instances of flash flooding along Highway 317 from Temple to the McLennan County line; including impassable roads and at least one vehicle stranded in high water. |
| November 2016 | Flood | Stampede | $1,000 | Bell County Sheriff's Department reported that asphalt had been washed off of Dove Road south of Highway 107, and Dove Rd will remain closed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meador Grove | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| White Hall | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Moffat | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Pendleton | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Owl Creek | 6.8 miles | 19 | |
| Troy | 7.5 miles | 15 | |
| Bland | 7.6 miles | 19 | |
| Jubilee Springs | 8.8 miles | 16 |
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 Stampede | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q113349615 | 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 1380598. 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.
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.






