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Lake View, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Henderson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75652. The Survey maps it on the Henderson quadrangle.

Lake View within Rusk County

On record in Lake View

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

491 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 491 fires within 5 miles of Lake View between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,950 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 18 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 burning226
Missing data/not specified/undetermined167
Power generation/transmission/distribution21
Equipment and vehicle use20
Arson/incendiarism18
Natural14
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Fireworks4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
9 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 495
9 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2276 WF
8 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 7125
8 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 491
8 September 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6291

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rusk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Lake View: 11 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin, Fire Clay (Refractory), Kaolin, Kaolin, Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay. 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
Henderson Brick Plant & PitClayProducer
Unnamed PitKaolin, Fire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed PitKaolin, Fire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Anderson PitFire Clay (Refractory), KaolinProducerSedimentary
Plastic PitsFire Clay (Refractory), KaolinProducerSedimentary
Wylie PitFire Clay (Refractory), KaolinProducerSedimentary
Henderson Clay Products AndersonKaolinProducer
Henderson Clay Products PitKaolinProducer
Henderson Clay Products PlantKaolinProducer
Henderson Clay Products Plastic PitKaolinProducer

Every working recorded in Rusk 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
Henderson0.8 miles14
Crimcrest1.2 miles14
New Prospect4.5 miles12
Joinerville5.2 miles13
Hickey6.0 miles13
Stringtown6.1 miles13
Crims Chapel (historical)6.5 miles15
Craig6.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1339521. 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.