Frontier Village, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75020. It stands on Loy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sherman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1901 USGS Denison quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
242 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 242 fires within 5 miles of Frontier Village between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,126 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 were 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 | 118 |
| Debris and open burning | 61 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 75FIRE |
| 9 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 75 COMMAND |
| 9 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 91 |
| 9 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGHLAND PARK |
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SH 91 |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 691 |
| 8 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | AURTHUR |
| 6 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 691 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Frontier Village: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grayson County Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Grayson Pits & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellsworth | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Twin City | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Mills | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Woodlake Park | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Knollwood | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Denison | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| North Sherman Junction | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Pottsboro | 4.8 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377145. 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.





