Laceola, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Madisonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77871. It stands on Brushy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Madisonville quadrangle.
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.
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
57 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Laceola between 2005 and 2020, burning about 272 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE #25 |
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE #23 |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE #39 |
| 14 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGH VIEW RANCH DR |
| 9 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE #21 |
| 30 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BILL HOWLE |
| 14 August 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JACOBSON RD |
| 6 July 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SONKEY WALTHER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Laceola: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | Halite |
Storms near this place
6 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Laceola in 6 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Laceola | $1,000,000 | This EF1 tornado first touched down along Highway 190/21 just southwest of Madisonville and then tracked to the northeast through town. There was significant damage to several homes and a few businesses, including the brick facade of a building at the intersection of Collard Street and Highway 75. A few power poles were also snapped at this intersection. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laceola | - | Trees were downed. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Laceola | - | Numerous roads across portions of the county were reported closed due Flash Flooding, including in Madisonville proper. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Laceola | - | There was ping pong ball sized hail near Madisonville. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laceola | - | Trees were downed at the Madisonville library. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Laceola | - | Numerous impassable roads were closed due to flood waters in Madisonville and Midway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Madisonville | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Mecca | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| George | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Jenkins | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| North Zulch | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Cross Roads | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Connor | 9.2 miles | 10 |
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 Q122573551 | 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 1380046. 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.




