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Lakeview, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Vidor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77662. The Survey maps it on the Pine Forest quadrangle.

Lakeview within Orange County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

101 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Lakeview between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,295 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 31 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 burning54
Arson/incendiarism31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
7 September 1993Arson/incendiarism75 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 1993Arson/incendiarism300 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 671
3 September 2000Arson/incendiarism150 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 647
28 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lakeview: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Orange 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
Lakeview Estates2.2 miles15
Echo Forest3.6 miles15
Pine Forest4.8 miles15
Lawson Crossing6.2 miles15
Vidor7.9 miles15
Rose City8.6 miles19
Maple Crest Acres8.9 miles13
Lakewood9.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1339542. 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.