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Lagarto, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the George West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78383. The Survey maps it on the Sandia quadrangle.

Lagarto within Live Oak County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

50 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Lagarto between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,141 acres in total. None 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 burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4

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
16 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENRY BARAJAS
9 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE 09
5 August 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOLD LAGARTO RD
12 August 2016Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 666 SAN PAT
10 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined45 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceF.M 70 JOE KNOLLE
9 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE 06
6 July 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 704 MATHIS TX
5 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresTexas A & M Forest Service888 - BUC'S CAMP RD - MATHIS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Live Oak County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lagarto: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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
Mount Lucas MineUraniumPast ProducerStratabound

Every working recorded in Live Oak County

Storms near this place

9 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lagarto in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 3 tornado, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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
July 2020Tornado (EF0)Lagarto$10,000An isolated area of damage occurred in Lagarto. Large tree branches were broken at two homes along South Vista Lane along with minor damage to siding and soffits on one home. A swath of small broken tree branches was observed along Farm to Market Road 534 between Farm to Market Roads 3162 and County Road 174. Maximum wind speed was estimated between 70 and 80 mph.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindLagarto$5,000A tin roof was blown off of a building and severed power lines.
July 2020Tornado (EF0)Lagarto$5,000An isolated area of damage occurred with a tornado near Pernitas Point. A tree was uprooted along with damage to two stop signs in the neighborhood. Maximum wind speed was estimated at 80 mph.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindLagarto$2,000Public report of tree branches blown down.
May 2023HailLagarto-Law enforcement reported pea to nickel sized hail occurred at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 534 and 3162.
May 1997Tornado (F0)Lagarto-NWS spotter report of three weak funnel clouds that frequently descended from the cloud base and reached the surface.
May 1997Funnel CloudLagarto-Sheriff and spotter reports of several weak funnel clouds across the area.
June 1997HailLagarto-Sheriff report of dime sized hail near Lake Corpus Christi.
April 1997HailLagarto-NWS spotter report of dime sized hail.

Every storm recorded in Live Oak 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
Peace Valley Harbor3.2 miles12
Los Lomas3.8 miles12
Mount Lucas4.7 miles12
Hideaway Hill5.7 miles12
Argenta6.7 miles11
Dinero7.4 miles12
Mikeska12.5 miles12
River Creek Acres13.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1339448. 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.