Lake Creek, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Cooper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75450. The Survey maps it on the Charleston quadrangle. It stands 443 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Charleston quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
33 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Lake Creek between 2005 and 2018, burning about 414 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY.19 |
| 6 August 2006 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 46 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 552 |
| 30 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4215 |
| 3 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2949 |
| 27 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURKHART GRASS FIRE |
| 15 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 198 W |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Creek in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2012: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Creek | $50,000 | Damaging downburst winds caused damage near the intersection of State Highway 24 and FM 198. A small barn lost most of its roof, and on the other side of the intersection, a large metal storage building also lost most of its roof. The roof was tossed about a hundred yards from the building. Part of the walls of the storage building collapsed as well. The storage building was determined to be a metal and wood frame with part of the roof partially rotted. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Creek | $30,000 | Strong winds blew the roof and the porch off a home. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Creek | $25,000 | Strong winds flipped a mobile home and blew down trees. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Lake Creek | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prattville | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Joy | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Pacio | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Joy Crossing | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Post Oak | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Enloe | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Charleston | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Vasco | 5.4 miles | 8 |
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 Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6475534 | 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 1360838. 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.




