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Como, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Pickton-Pine Forest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75431. The Survey maps it on the Como quadrangle. 728 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 554 feet above sea level.

Como within Hopkins County

Population over time

3 figures

Como grew from 621 to 728 between 2000 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
2000621
2010702+81 (+13%)
2020728+26 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

23 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Como between 2000 and 2020, burning about 298 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/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism1

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
27 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2005Debris and open burning85 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 326
11 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHOPKINS 15:28
9 March 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
19 March 2009Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2425 GRASS ASSIST
3 February 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 February 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 February 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hopkins County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Como: 3 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), 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
Sulphur Springs PlantClayProducer
A D Green Refractories Pit BFire Clay (Refractory)Unknown
A P Green Refractories Pit AFire Clay (Refractory)Unknown
A P Green Refractories Pit CFire Clay (Refractory)Unknown
Sulphur Springs Brick CoFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unnamed PitFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed PitsFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Hopkins County

Storms near this place

17 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Como in 17 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail. 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 2023Thunderstorm WindComo$29,000,000A NWS survey team determined a combination of straight line winds and microbursts caused damage in and around the Como area of Hopkins County. Notable damage was first observed west of Como on FM 1567 where two homes sustained minor roof damage and notable tree damage was observed. Scattered tree damage continued southeast into and east of Como. An embedded microburst is believed to have caused more significant damage to metal buildings at a county-owned facility on Highway 11 and to the Como-Pickton ISD facilities. Maximum estimated winds in the area were determined to be around 95 mph at the ISD facilities. A local weather station also reported a 87 mph wind speed to the east of Como. Local officials reported that the monetary damage to the ISD facilities was near $28 million.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindComo$150,000The Bain Poultry Farm had 6-500 foot long poultry barns destroyed, 80,000 baby chicks were killed,and there was heavy damage to a dairy barn. Several area homes had roof and structural damage, and several barns were destroyed, and trees and powerlines were blown down.
March 2019HailComo$10,000An amateur radio report indicated golf ball size hail in the city of Como, TX.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindComo$7,000Winds were estimated to be near 60 mph in Como.
October 1993Thunderstorm WindComo$5,000Wind damage to trees was reported in the south part of the county.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindComo$300Power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
March 2019HailComo-An amateur radio report indicated quarter-size hail in the city of Como, TX.
April 2016HailComo-A trained spotter reported quarter-sized hail in Como, TX.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindComo-Several trees were blown down by estimated winds of 60 MPH south of Como along Highway 69.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindComo-Thunderstorm wind speeds were estimated to be around 60 MPH in Como. At least one large tree was snapped in the area.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindComo-One tree down in Como.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindComo-A tree was blown down onto FM 1870 by thunderstorm winds.
November 1995Thunderstorm WindComo-Trees were blown down by high winds.
October 1993HailComo-Wind damage to trees was reported in the south part of the county.
April 2011HailComo-no account filed
May 1999HailComo-no account filed
June 1997HailComo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hopkins 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
Greenpond2.4 miles9
Bethel3.6 miles8
Thermo3.7 miles9
Brinker4.7 miles9
Pickton4.8 miles8
East Caney5.0 miles9
Martin Springs5.2 miles9
Reilly Springs5.4 miles9

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 ComoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q978182The 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 1333188. 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.