Lacy-Lakeview, Texas
18 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 76705. The Survey maps it on the Elm Mott quadrangle. 6,988 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresLacy-Lakeview grew from 6,489 to 6,988 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6,489 | |
| 2020 | 6,988 | +499 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1892 USGS Waco quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1920 USGS Waco quadrangle1:125000
- 1931 USGS Elm Mott quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Elm Mott quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Waco quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
477 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 477 fires within 5 miles of Lacy-Lakeview between 2003 and 2020, burning about 1,060 acres in total. None 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 | 342 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 104 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2530031 |
| 9 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-2520018 |
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2510037 |
| 8 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-2510008 |
| 7 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE-OLD DALLAS RD |
| 6 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE-FROSTDALE DRIVE |
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDFIRE-SPRING LAKE ROAD |
| 5 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONTROL BURN - HOT SPEEDWAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lacy-Lakeview in 15 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 13 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Hail | Lacy Lakeview | $50,000 | Baseball size hail was reported in Lacy-Lakeview. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Lacy Lakeview | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Lacy Lakeview | $5,000 | Ping pong ball sized hail was reported 1 mile southeast of Lacy-Lakeview. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacy Lakeview | $3,000 | A tree was blown onto a house in Lacy-Lakeview. |
| March 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lacy Lakeview | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged a truck stop in Lacy Lakeview. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Lacy Lakeview | - | Reported via mPing. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Lacy Lakeview | - | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). |
| April 2018 | Hail | Lacy Lakeview | - | A trained spotter reported golf ball sized hail in the city of Lacy Lakeview, TX. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Lacy Lakeview | - | A trained spotter reported nickel sized hail approximately 5 miles north of the city of Waco, TX. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Lacy Lakeview | - | Broadcast media reported nickel sized hail in the city of Lacy Lakeview, TX. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Lacy Lakeview | - | Quarter size hail was reported in Lacy-Lakeview. |
| March 1999 | Hail | Lacy Lakeview | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Lacy Lakeview | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Lacy Lakeview | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | Lacy-Lakeview | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northcrest | 0.5 miles | 18 | |
| Ocaw | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Bellmead | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Elm Mott | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| East Waco | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Bosqueville | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Bannas Junction | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Vemo | 5.5 miles | 18 |
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 Lacy-Lakeview | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q982648 | 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 1360823. 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.






