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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.

Cosby within Andrew County

Population over time

2 figures

Cosby 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.

YearPeople Change
2010124
2020114-10 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

22 since 2011

Regional 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/undetermined12
Debris and open burning8
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
10 May 2018Debris and open burning2.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177117-00202-05102018-1013
8 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.1 acresMissouri Department of Conservation178828-00202-04082019-1717
6 April 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176506-00202-04052018-1830
2 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178827-00202-04022019-2054
7 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation200563-00202-03072020-1045
6 March 2020Other causesunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation200562-00202-03062020-1430
29 March 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Andrew County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Everett Quarries #51Stone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Andrew County

Storms near this place

14 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCosby-An 8 to 9 inch deameter walnut tree was blown down and camper was flipped.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindCosby-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. This was near the intersection of State Route O and State Route Z.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindCosby-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph. Several large tree limbs were reported down along Highway 169.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindCosby-A tree was reported down and blocking a road.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindCosby-Large maple tree uprooted and a large locust tree was shattered. Large tree limbs down with other trees as well.
October 2013HailCosby-no account filed
April 2009HailCosby-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindCosby-no account filed
September 2004HailCosby-no account filed
April 2003HailCosby-no account filed
April 2003HailCosby-no account filed
June 2002HailCosby-no account filed
September 2001HailCosby-no account filed
September 1993HailCosby-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Andrew 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
Rochester3.3 miles17
Helena3.7 miles17
Avenue City4.2 miles22
Kodiak7.4 miles18
Fountainbleau7.7 miles17
Country Club Village7.9 miles22
Dean8.2 miles22
Savannah9.7 miles18

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 CosbyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2746650The 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.