Corso, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Nineveh Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63377. The Survey maps it on the Louisville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1890 USGS Louisiana quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1937 USGS Silex quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Silex quadrangle1:48000
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Mexico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Corso between 1993 and 1994, burning about 15 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 1993 | Natural | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 December 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Corso: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Fire Clay District | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Unknown |
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corso in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 3 hail, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Hail | Corso | - | Hailstones between 1 and 1.75 inches were reported in Silex, Auburn, and New Hope. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Corso | - | Up to 3 inches of rain fell in about an hour and a half causing flash flooding. Several secondary roads near Olney were flooded. |
| December 2010 | Hail | Corso | - | Hail up to one inch in diameter fell in a swath over northwestern Lincoln county. In some spots the hail was covering the ground. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Corso | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olney | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Millwood | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Louisville | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Hopkinsville | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Stillhouse Ford | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Fairview | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| Silex | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| Hobart | 7.4 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 716332. 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.






