Bland Lake, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the San Augustine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75935. The Survey maps it on the San Augustine East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Augustine quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS San Augustine East quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 2003 USGS San Augustine East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
114 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Bland Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 677 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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 burning | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7129 |
| 16 September 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7127 |
| 15 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 604 |
| 9 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 473 |
| 8 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7076 |
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 Bland Lake in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Bland Lake | $10,000 | An EF0 tornado touched down 5 miles northwest of San Augustine, Tx. and tracked north northeast before lifting just south of the San Augustine/Shelby County Texas line. The initial touchdown was just east of Hwy. 96 and west of FMm 3230 where a larger tree was uprooted. Large limbs and tin from a chicken house was peeled back near FM. 1279. The path width was 50 yards wide with a path length of near 4 miles. Maximum winds were estimated near 70 mph. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Bland Lake | - | Ping pong ball size hail reported near Bland Lake. |
| October 2013 | Flash Flood | Bland Lake | - | FM. 1277 about a half mile south of Spur 85 was closed due to flooding. FM. 3230 two miles north of San Augustine was also flooded. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bland Lake | - | A tree was downed just north of town. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Redland | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| San Augustine | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Harmony | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Lanetown | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| White Rock | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Sunrise | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Union | 6.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1381456. 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.







