Freyburg, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Schulenburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78956. The Survey maps it on the Swiss Alp quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Swiss Alp quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Eagle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
53 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Freyburg between 1993 and 2017, burning about 426 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 burning | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Freyburg in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Hail | Freyburg | - | A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail between Muldoon and Freyburg. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Freyburg | - | A NWS storm survey team concluded a tornado touched down just west of Swiss Alp and moved northeast for four miles. Two homes sustained substantial roof damage. Several trees were snapped at their trunks. Multiple barns sustained roof damage and a few small structures were destroyed. Peak winds were estimated at 105 mph. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Freyburg | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Hill | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Swiss Alp | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| O'Quinn | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Engle | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Ammannsville | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Schulenburg | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Hostyn | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Muldoon | 6.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378328. 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.
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.




