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Lakeview, Texas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Southwest Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75051. It stands on Fish Creek. The Survey maps it on the Duncanville quadrangle.

Lakeview within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 21 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

71 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Lakeview between 2006 and 2017, burning about 92 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined54
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTARETTA
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDUNCANVILLE RD
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceS WLATON WALKER
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceNAVY
20 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service3000 MOUNTAIN CREEK PKWY.
2 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFIREBIRD
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSPUR 408
17 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service40125 LBJ FRWY.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

6 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lakeview in 6 storm reports between 2014 and 2026: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
April 2026HailLakeview$100,000Facebook photo showed large hail estimated to be up to 3 inches in diameter around Dallas Baptist University. Windows of cars were blown out.
May 2014Flash FloodLakeview$25,000Heavy rainfall resulted in the flooding of several roads around Dallas. In particular, several roads in the Preston Hollow and Oak Cliff areas were flooded. Flooding was also reported along Loop 12 on the west side of town.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindLakeview$10,000A report was received via social media of multiple trees down, broken windows, and siding ripped off the side of a building at Dallas Baptist University.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindLakeview$5,000Amateur radio reported that structural damage to a building occurred as a result of thunderstorm winds on the campus of Dallas Baptist University.
May 2024HailLakeview-A CoCoRAHS observer on the north side of Duncanville reported nickel hail.
March 2023HailLakeview-Reported via mPing.

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Lakeland Heights0.9 miles21
Grand Prairie2.5 miles21
Florence Hill3.0 miles18
Ledbetter Hills3.4 miles21
Cole3.5 miles21
Kenwood4.3 miles21
Red Bird Addition4.6 miles21
Arcadia Park4.8 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1339543. 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.