BlockLakeview, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Port Arthur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77642. It lies near Pleasure Island. The Survey maps it on the Port Arthur North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1943 USGS Port Arthur North quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Port Arthur quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Port Arthur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Port Arthur quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Port Arthur North quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Port Arthur quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Port Arthur quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Port Arthur quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Port Arthur quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Port Arthur North quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lakeview: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-County Dirt Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Port Arthur Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Port Arthur Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lakeview in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2025: 1 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Lakeview | $100,000 | Heavy rain around Port Arthur and surrounding communities caused numerous roads to be flooded. Water over 3 feet deep was reported at one underpass. Several cars were also reported to be flooded out in Groves. |
| June 2025 | Lightning | Lakeview | $50,000 | Lightning struck a storage tank on Proctor Street starting a blaze that also engulfed a nearby tank. |
| August 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Lakeview | - | Multiple videos taken around Port Arthur and Groves indicated a landspout briefly occurred near Sabine Lake and Pleasure Island. No damage was noted. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Griffing Park | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Port Arthur | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Pear Ridge | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Groves | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Atreco | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| West Port Arthur | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Port Neches | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Nederland | 6.5 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1360878. 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.
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.
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.