BlockLakeview, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Floydada census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79235. The Survey maps it on the Floydada quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 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.
- 1954 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Floydada quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Lakeview between 2006 and 2017, burning about 365 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 25 September 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 1 August 2006 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 7 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 April 2012 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS COUNTY LINE |
| 3 April 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TERRY KIRK BLANCO |
| 9 February 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lakeview in 14 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 11 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 2017 | Hail | Lakeview | $25,000 | A large and prolific hailswath crossed U.S. Highway 70 in far eastern Floyd County. Hailstones as large as 1.5 inches in diameter caused damage to several vehicles in the area and shredded hundreds of acres of winter wheat. The duration of hail was so great that it covered the ground with about three inches of hail resulting in hazardous travel conditions and dense fog. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Lakeview | $25,000 | Storm spotters affiliated with the Floydada FD reported golfball size hail. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakeview | $10,000 | A NWS COOP observer reported shingles removed from multiple homes southeast of Floydada. These winds were the result of an intense rear flank downdraft of a supercell that would later proceed southward into Crosby County and produce an extended period of strong and severe winds. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakeview | $6,000 | A COOP observer reported three power poles down on the west end of his farm. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Lakeview | - | An NWS cooperative weather observer reported quarter size hail southeast of Floydada. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Lakeview | - | An NWS cooperative weather observer reported hail up to golf ball size about nine miles southeast of Floydada. No damage was reported. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Lakeview | - | Hail damage was not observed. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Lakeview | - | A swath of severe hail from quarter to golf ball size fell in and south of Floydada. Damage was not known. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakeview | - | Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted trees. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Lakeview | - | Storm spotters reported golfball size hail. |
| October 2003 | Hail | Lakeview | - | Storm spotters affiliated with the Floydada FD reported baseball size hail. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Lakeview | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Lakeview | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Hail | Lakeview | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380051. 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.