Frame Switch, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Taylor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76574. The Survey maps it on the Taylor quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1885 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000
- 1887 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
64 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Frame Switch between 2009 and 2017, burning about 81 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SANDY LN |
| 22 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | N MAIN |
| 21 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 16-0001381 |
| 16 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 202 SE CARLOS PARKER |
| 11 September 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARLOS PARKER COMMAND |
| 9 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 8 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-0001034 |
| 6 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1301 W. SECOND ST. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Hutto | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Norman | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Normans Crossing | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Rices Crossing | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Circleville | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Waterloo | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Jonah | 6.9 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034672. 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.





