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Kosciusko, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Stockdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78160. The Survey maps it on the Kosciusko quadrangle.

Kosciusko within Wilson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

32 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Kosciusko between 2005 and 2020, burning about 313 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
Equipment and vehicle use15
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Smoking1

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
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceKARNES COUNTY CR260
23 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDANIEL OLINICK
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMCCLELLAND/ SYNDER FIRE
8 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTEPHEN MOCZYGEMBA
30 August 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wilson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kosciusko: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Laskowki PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Wilson County

Storms near this place

6 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kosciusko in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
May 2012Thunderstorm WindKosciusko-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 58 mph that damaged roofs, trees, and blew down power lines and poles just south of Stockdale near Kosciusko. Damage was reported along FM 541 toward Poth as well as on the east side of Highway 123 near Country Roads 451 and 252. Roof damage was also reported in this area.
May 2012Tornado (EF0)Kosciusko-Minor damage was reported along County Road 252 a few miles east of Highway 123. Tree damage was reported along with roofing material littered across the road. A Barn was destroyed just south of County Road 252.
May 2006Flash FloodKosciusko-Thunderstorms produced 1 to 2 inch rain totals over eastern Wilson County and northern Karnes County. Up to 5 inches fell in the area from Kosciusko and Pandora in Wilson County to Gillette in Karnes County, resulting in flash flooding through the evening. Among the roads closed in Wilson County were SH123 and FM541 near Kosciusko.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindKosciusko-Trees were blown over and many others uprooted near Kosciusko.
April 2024HailKosciusko-no account filed
May 2012HailKosciusko-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wilson 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
Plummer Crossing1.8 miles10
Gray Crossing5.0 miles10
Denhawken5.1 miles10
Sunnyside5.9 miles9
Poth7.4 miles10
Unity8.4 miles9
Stockdale9.1 miles10
Ridout10.2 miles10

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 KosciuskoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q115804622The 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 1360752. 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.