BlockLane City, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Boling-Newgulf census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77453. The Survey maps it on the Lane City quadrangle. It stands 85 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1952 USGS Lane City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS El Campo quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lane City: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Prairie Aggregates | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lane City in 5 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lane City | $5,000 | no account filed |
| December 1996 | Flash Flood | Lane City | $5,000 | no account filed |
| February 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lane City | $2,000 | Broadcast media reported multiple trees down near Lane City, TX. |
| February 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lane City | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts blew down some fencing around the town of Lane City. |
| February 1993 | Hail | Lane City | - | The public reported 0.75-inch hail near Highway 60 just north of Lane City. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cane Junction | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Lefman | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Magnet | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Iago | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Boling | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Newgulf Junction | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Don-Tol | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Burr | 6.4 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Lane City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6485357 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1360924. 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.