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Lakewood, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Vidor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77662. The Survey maps it on the Texla quadrangle.

Lakewood within Orange County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

139 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Lakewood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,400 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 48 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 burning66
Arson/incendiarism48
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural2
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2011Debris and open burning7.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 863
7 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service487 S 7
7 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 696
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 668
30 September 1993Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 September 1999Arson/incendiarism25 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2005Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 238

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lakewood: 4 producers. All of them still produce. 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
Beeco PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
L O Block Sand CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Larry Tinkle Sand CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand

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
Maple Crest Acres0.5 miles13
Vidor2.0 miles15
Connell2.1 miles16
Doty2.8 miles13
Terry3.1 miles16
Rose City4.3 miles19
Pine Forest4.7 miles15
Oilla5.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1339553. 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.