Rosston, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Valley View census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76263. It stands on Coons Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greenwood quadrangle. It stands 853 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
71 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Rosston between 2005 and 2020, burning about 817 acres in total. 5 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 | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROSSTON HAY BALES |
| 20 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STUMP BURN |
| 19 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BINGHAM RD |
| 14 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 250 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DOUBLE O RANCH CONTROL BURN |
| 4 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRAILER AXLE GRASSFIRE |
| 3 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 3 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosston in 14 storm reports between 2001 and 2015: 5 hail, 4 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Rosston | $100,000 | Emergency management reported that numerous water rescues were underway across the county and strongly advised against travel through the area. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Rosston | $100,000 | Several county roads were closed in the southern portions of the county due to flood waters. Farm-to-Market Roads 678 and 2896 were also closed. One home suffered flood damage. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Rosston | $10,000 | Multiple county roads were closed across the county due to flood waters. The service road along Interstate 35 near Valley View was also closed due to high water. Many areas saw improvement of the flood waters on the 27th but up to 15 areas were still closed off on the morning of the 28th according to the local newspaper. |
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosston | $10,000 | Power lines and outbuildings were blown down. Houses were unroofed. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Rosston | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Flood | Rosston | - | Some roads across the county remained closed due to flooding. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Rosston | - | Significant flooding of roads, interstates, highways, creeks, streams, and low-lying areas continued for over 12 hours after the heavy rain had ended. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Rosston | - | Several roads remained flooded across the county after earlier heavy rains. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Rosston | - | Amateur radio spotters reported quarter sized hail near Rosston. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosston | - | Sixty MPH winds were measured with a hand-held anemometer. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosston | - | The county Emergency Manager reported many trees were knocked down across the county. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Rosston | - | Nickel to quarter size hail fell in the town of Rosston. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Rosston | - | Penny size hail covered the ground 5 miles east of the town of Rosston. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Rosston | - | Penny size hail was reported in Rosston. |
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 Rosston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14711289 | 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 1382657. 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.




