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Frydek, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Sealy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77474. The Survey maps it on the San Felipe quadrangle. It stands 151 feet above sea level.

Frydek within Austin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

33 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Frydek between 2009 and 2020, burning about 124 acres in total. None 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 burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
30 September 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
28 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGASS FIRE
1 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
9 August 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH AND GRASS FIRE
7 August 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
17 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE
9 July 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
25 July 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Austin County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Frydek: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Chew MineClayProducer
Unnamed Dredge OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand

Every working recorded in Austin County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frydek in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 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
February 2024Thunderstorm WindFrydek-Thunderstorm wind gust occurred on Meteor Drive.

Every storm recorded in Austin 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
South Frydek1.6 miles11
Brazos Country2.0 miles13
San Felipe2.8 miles13
Sealy4.1 miles11
Rexville6.9 miles10
Macedonia7.2 miles11
Wallis8.5 miles11
Peters9.0 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on FrydekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q24886880The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1336285. 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.