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South Bosque, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Waco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76712. It stands on Cloice Creek. The Survey maps it on the South Bosque quadrangle.

South Bosque within McLennan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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

167 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of South Bosque between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,053 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 were 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 burning72
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Equipment and vehicle use20
Smoking9
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1

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
6 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13-2470007
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY84
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined24 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2617 NEW WINDSOR PKWY
3 September 2015Debris and open burning26 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSPEEGLVILLE COMMAND
3 September 2013Fireworks1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSPEEGLEVILLE FIRE
27 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McLennan County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of South Bosque: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Waco QuarryLimestone, General, ClayProducerSedimentary
Young PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in McLennan County

Storms near this place

6 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Bosque in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025LightningSouth Bosque$10,000Emergency manager reported a house fire caused by a lightning strike between Waco and McGregor.
April 2020HailSouth Bosque$10,000Broadcast media had multiple reports of golf ball sized hail along Highway 84 near the city of Woodway, TX.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindSouth Bosque$3,000Waco broadcast media reported thunderstorm winds blew down a few large trees on Old Lorena Road near Woodway. Winds were estimated to have gusted as high as 70 mph.
May 2024Flash FloodSouth Bosque-Amateur radio reported that the intersection of Speeglville Rd and Hwy 84 is flooded, with picture.
June 2016FloodSouth Bosque-McLennan County Sheriff's Department reported minor flooding in Lorena and along parts of Hwy 84 in Woodway.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindSouth Bosque-Waco broadcast media reported an estimated wind gust of 60 mph at the intersection of Highway 84 and Old Lorena Road.

Every storm recorded in McLennan 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
Atco2.3 miles16
Ritchie3.3 miles16
Windsor4.0 miles19
Woodway4.7 miles19
Willow Grove4.7 miles19
Highland5.0 miles19
Hewitt5.1 miles16
Jewell5.1 miles19

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.

Wikidata item Q122550311The 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 1368633. 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.