Cosby, Missouri
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64436. The Survey maps it on the Cosby quadrangle. 114 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 938 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCosby fell from 124 to 114 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 124 | |
| 2020 | 114 | -10 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1923 USGS Clarksdale quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1925 USGS Clarksdale quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Cosby quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Saint Joseph quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Cosby between 2011 and 2020, burning about 55 acres in total. None 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 | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177117-00202-05102018-1013 |
| 8 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178828-00202-04082019-1717 |
| 6 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 5 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176506-00202-04052018-1830 |
| 2 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178827-00202-04022019-2054 |
| 7 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 200563-00202-03072020-1045 |
| 6 March 2020 | Other causes | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 200562-00202-03062020-1430 |
| 29 March 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Cosby: 7 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Everett Quarries #51 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cosby in 14 storm reports between 1993 and 2015: 8 hail, 6 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cosby | - | An 8 to 9 inch deameter walnut tree was blown down and camper was flipped. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cosby | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. This was near the intersection of State Route O and State Route Z. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cosby | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph. Several large tree limbs were reported down along Highway 169. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cosby | - | A tree was reported down and blocking a road. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cosby | - | Large maple tree uprooted and a large locust tree was shattered. Large tree limbs down with other trees as well. |
| October 2013 | Hail | Cosby | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Cosby | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cosby | - | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Hail | Cosby | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Cosby | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Cosby | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Cosby | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Cosby | - | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Hail | Cosby | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Helena | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Avenue City | 4.2 miles | 22 | |
| Kodiak | 7.4 miles | 18 | |
| Fountainbleau | 7.7 miles | 17 | |
| Country Club Village | 7.9 miles | 22 | |
| Dean | 8.2 miles | 22 | |
| Savannah | 9.7 miles | 18 |
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 Cosby | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2746650 | The 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 716334. 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.







