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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.

Frame Switch within Williamson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

64 since 2009

Regional 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/undetermined27
Debris and open burning26
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 2015Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSANDY LN
22 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceN MAIN
21 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service16-0001381
16 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service202 SE CARLOS PARKER
11 September 2014Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCARLOS PARKER COMMAND
9 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
8 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service15-0001034
6 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1301 W. SECOND ST.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Williamson 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
Taylor2.9 miles15
Hutto4.6 miles19
Norman4.8 miles17
Normans Crossing4.9 miles17
Rices Crossing5.5 miles17
Circleville5.6 miles15
Waterloo6.7 miles15
Jonah6.9 miles17

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.