Kovar, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Smithville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78941. It stands on Hickory Creek. The Survey maps it on the Togo quadrangle. It stands 449 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1901 USGS Flatonia quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Togo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Kovar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 296 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 102 |
| 24 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KOVAR FIRE |
| 24 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VYVJALA RD FIRE |
| 14 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD LOCKHART |
| 13 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MEDUNA ROAD |
| 12 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kovar in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2018: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2018 | Hail | Kovar | - | A thunderstorm produced half dollar to ping pong ball size hail in Kovar east of Rosanky. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Kovar | - | A thunderstorm produced three to three and a half inch hail near Rosanky. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Kovar | - | A thunderstorm produced three inch hail near Kovar east of Rosanky. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Kovar | - | Farm to market road 535 was closed due to high water between Rosanky and Smithville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willman | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Togo | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Rosanky | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Flower Hill | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| String Prairie | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Colorado | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Salem | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Smithville | 7.9 miles | 17 |
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 Kovar | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6434840 | 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 1380040. 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.
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.




