BlockFrosa, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Prairie Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76664. The Survey maps it on the Echols quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Groesbeck quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Echols quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mexia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Frosa between 2006 and 2020, burning about 948 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 228 |
| 12 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 155 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 44 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SPIDER FIRE |
| 15 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Frosa: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKinney Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mexia Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Portable Crusher No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frosa in 1 storm report in 2020: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Flood | Frosa | - | U.S. Highway 84 was reported to be underwater and shut down at Lazy Lou Crossing. Traffic was diverted to another route. |
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 1357780. 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.