Lake City, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Mathis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78368. It lies near Mesquite Island. The Survey maps it on the Sandia quadrangle. 447 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 118 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresLake City fell from 526 to 447 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 526 | |
| 2010 | 509 | -17 (-3%) |
| 2020 | 447 | -62 (-12%) |
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.
- 1925 USGS Mathis No. 3 quadrangle1:48000
- 1927 USGS Mathis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Mathis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Sandia quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
107 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Lake City between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,851 acres in total. 1 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 burning | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM JEFF MYERS |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1100 FM 1540 |
| 23 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 70 |
| 16 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENRY BARAJAS |
| 11 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 110 STARCKE ST |
| 1 September 2019 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCGEE |
| 9 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE 09 |
| 7 August 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 357&F.M. 70 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Lake City: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathis Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Caliche | |
| Mcrae Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Porter Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Caliche | |
| Texas Hauling Contractors | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wright Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Caliche |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clearwater Cove | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Edgewater Estates Number 1 Colonia | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Edgewater Estates | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Edgewater Estates Number 3 Colonia | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Paisano Park Colonia | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Lakewood Heights | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Lakeside | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Point Loma | 2.5 miles | 11 |
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 Lake City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q982188 | 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 1388616. 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.







