Flower Mound takes its name from an actual mound — a 12.5-acre native prairie hill rising about 50 feet above the surrounding blackland prairie at the corner of FM 3040 and FM 2499, recognized as a historic site since 1984. That same blackland prairie stretches under most of the town, and between established neighborhoods and the newer development along Lake Grapevine's shore, Flower Mound homeowners have real variety to plan around. Atlas Geothermal designs, installs, and services residential ground-source heat pump systems throughout Flower Mound, using a closed loop to pull heat from the earth in winter and send it back into the ground come August.