Cestohowa, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Falls City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78113. It stands on Casiano Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kosciusko quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1920 USGS Smiley quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Kosciusko quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cuero quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
75 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Cestohowa between 2005 and 2020, burning about 406 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | KARNES COUNTY CR260 |
| 29 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DANIEL OLINICK |
| 2 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STEPHEN MOCZYGEMBA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Cestohowa: 6 producers, 4 past producers, 2 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laskowki Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Panna Maria East Mine | Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Panna Maria West Mine | Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Brysch Pit | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Brysch Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| Ft Worth Natl Pit | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Jaskinia Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| Kopecki Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Kotzur Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Kotzur Pit | Uranium | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cestohowa in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2018: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2018 | Hail | Cestohowa | - | A thunderstorm produced one inch hail near Cestohowa. |
| March 2015 | Flash Flood | Cestohowa | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding. One foot of water over the roadway closed FM887 between Falls City and Pawelekville and FM81 was closed due to flooding between Helena and Runge. |
| February 2018 | Hail | Cestohowa | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pawelekville | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Panna Maria | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Hobson | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Falls City | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Harmony | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Helena | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Mayo | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Conquista Crossing | 8.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1354240. 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.




