BlockFrelsburg, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Columbus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78950. The Survey maps it on the Frelsburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1919 USGS Fayettsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Frelsburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Eagle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Frelsburg between 2000 and 2012, 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 109 |
| 7 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SAN FELIPE RD. |
| 15 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 39 |
| 3 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ZIMMERSCHEIDT ROAD FIRE |
| 24 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 1 June 2003 | Debris and open burning | 65 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CENTRAL TX - 18 |
| 15 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | THE FALLS COUNTRY CLUB |
| 8 November 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BEECH CREST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Frelsburg: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frelsburg in 12 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2000 | Hail | Frelsburg | $25,000 | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Hail | Frelsburg | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Flash Flood | Frelsburg | $5,000 | Widespread heavy rainfall across the county resulted in road closures and reported rainfall totals of 10 to 12 inches. Some roads between Nada and Weimar, including FM 155 and County Roads 378, 373, 369 and 372 were flooded. |
| February 1993 | Hail | Frelsburg | $5,000 | The Colorado County Sheriff's Office reported golf ball-size hail at Breesky near Frelsburg. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Frelsburg | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frelsburg | $3,000 | Trees blown down. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Frelsburg | $3,000 | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Frelsburg | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Frelsburg | $2,000 | no account filed |
| January 2024 | Flood | Frelsburg | - | High water was reported over FM 1291 at Cummins Creek as a result of excessive runoff. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frelsburg | - | Parts of FM 109 were blocked by downed trees. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frelsburg | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees on Old New Ulm Road. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1336190. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.