BlockLakeview, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Tahoka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79345. The Survey maps it on the Meadow SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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 Brownfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Meadow quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Meadow SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Meadow SE quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Lakeview between 2006 and 2015, burning about 1,497 acres in total. 1 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE N. FM 179 & 211 |
| 18 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 210 AND CR 601 |
| 29 June 2013 | Natural | 65 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TERRY COUNTY CRP PATCH |
| 22 April 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR 2 & 179 |
| 12 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 February 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 640 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 November 2015 | Debris and open burning | 66 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOCKEY SOUTH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lakeview in 7 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 4 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Hail | Lakeview | $30,000 | Golfball size hail was reported by the public. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Lakeview | - | An intense portion of a line of severe thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall over southwestern Lubbock County into northern Lynn County. Numerous reports were received of water over area roadways. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Lakeview | - | An amateur radio operator reported golfball size hail at SR 179 and 211. No damage was reported. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Lakeview | - | A swath of damaging hail accompanied a severe thunderstorm that impacted portions of northwestern Lynn County around 20:30 CST. Up to 10,000 acres of mature cotton crops were damaged or destroyed. Residents of Lakeview reported that quarter to ping pong ball size hail fell between 20:30 CST and 20:35 CST. |
| July 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Lakeview | - | Local law enforcement officials and the public observed a non-mesocyclonic tornado which persisted for two minutes in open fields northwest of New Home. The tornado developed as thunderstorm outflow interacted with new convective development along a pre-existing northwest to southeast oriented low level boundary. The tornado was photographed by a number of observers. Preliminary reports placed the tornado near Slide in southern Lubbock County, however, a detailed report from a resident revealed that the tornado actually occurred four miles west of the intersection of Farm to Market Road 1730 and Lynn County Road 121. The tornado resulted in no damages. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Lakeview | - | Law enforcement officials reported golfball size hail. Wind-driven hail devastated crops. |
| June 2015 | Flood | 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 1380050. 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.