BlockRosanky, 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 78953. The Survey maps it on the Rosanky quadrangle. 1,473 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 440 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 Rosanky quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
61 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Rosanky between 1992 and 2020, burning about 738 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SH304 |
| 29 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PINE CANYON |
| 25 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PINE VALLEY LOOP FIRE |
| 24 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KOVAR FIRE |
| 17 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 127 |
| 14 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2018 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MEUTH |
| 24 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosanky in 9 storm reports between 2000 and 2018: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosanky | $10,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 58 mph that uprooted a large tree and peeled a tin roof off a barn. |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosanky | $10,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines. |
| November 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Rosanky | $10,000 | A small and short-lived tornado was observed by the owner of a gas station as it dipped down and damaged the pump area. The tornado moved across a road and blew down trees near a school. It then lifted and dissipated. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Rosanky | - | A thunderstorm produced one inch hail in Rosanky. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Rosanky | - | A trained spotter reported penny size hail in the town of Rosanky. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Rosanky | - | Emergency management reported a water rescue was ongoing on FM 535 between Smithville and Rosanky. |
| September 2006 | Flash Flood | Rosanky | - | Thunderstorms formed in the late afternoon over the western portions of Fayette County and eastern portions of Bastrop County, producing general 2-3 inch totals. Highest totals in Bastrop County were 5 inches near Smithville. Flash flooding closed FM535 and FM153 through the mid evening. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Rosanky | - | no account filed |
| March 2018 | Hail | Rosanky | - | 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.
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 Rosanky | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7367322 | 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 1366860. 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.