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Frenstat, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Somerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77879. The Survey maps it on the Frenstat quadrangle.

Frenstat within Burleson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

155 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Frenstat between 2001 and 2020, burning about 470 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 burning77
Missing data/not specified/undetermined53
Equipment and vehicle use12
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMOSS OAK
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWHISPERING WOODS @ PK RD 57
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePARK ROAD 57 9/6/19
6 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceROGELIO PANTOJA
4 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWHISPERING WOODS
3 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
28 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service10166 TX 36S GRASS FIRE
24 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH PILES BURNING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Burleson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Frenstat: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Thorium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Weiler-Whitener ProspectTitanium, Metal, Zirconium, ThoriumOccurrence1954

Every working recorded in Burleson County

Storms near this place

6 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frenstat in 6 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2023Thunderstorm WindFrenstat-A tree was downed near the intersection of CR 128 and FM 976.
June 2023HailFrenstat-Quarter to golf ball sized hail was observed.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindFrenstat-Numerous trees downed across the county.
March 2013HailFrenstat-Quarter size hail was reported via SpotterNetwork.
March 2013HailFrenstat-Ping pong size hail was reported by a trained spotter.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindFrenstat-A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph wind gust that was strong enough to nearly blow the vehicle off the road.

Every storm recorded in Burleson 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
Birch1.7 miles8
Harmony3.6 miles8
Lyons4.8 miles8
Big Creek5.1 miles10
Davidson5.3 miles8
Deanville6.0 miles9
Beaver Creek6.0 miles8
Center Line6.4 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379801. 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.