Laneville, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Laneville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75667. It stands on Irwin Branch. The Survey maps it on the Laneville quadrangle. It stands 436 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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 Cushing quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Cushing quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Laneville quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
108 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Laneville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 934 acres in total. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Natural | 73 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6303 |
| 9 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 94 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 537 |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OCAR JOHNSON |
| 18 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNKNOWN |
| 18 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNKNOW |
| 17 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDLAND FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Laneville in 9 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Laneville | $30,000 | The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey and determined that an EF1 tornado first touched down 6 miles northwest of Mount Enterprise, Texas. Damage consisted of a travel trailer which was overturned and a roof torn off of a metal barn along County Road 3168. In addition, trees were snapped along with large branches downed along County Road 3156. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laneville | - | Trees reported down just east of Laneville near FM Road 2496 at County Road 3162, FM Road 2496 near FM Road 1798, and along County Road 3163. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laneville | - | Several trees downed near FM Road 1798 and County Road 2174 near Laneville. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laneville | - | A tree was downed across FM Road 225 just north of Laneville. A vehicle struck the tree, but the driver was not injured. |
| March 2022 | Flash Flood | Laneville | - | Several county roads in Southern Rusk County were flooded and closed. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laneville | - | Numerous trees were downed blocking multiple roads in the Laneville community. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laneville | - | A tree was blown down across FM 1798 in front of the Laneville ISD campus. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laneville | - | A large tree was downed across FM. 225 in the Laneville area west northwest of Mount Enterprise, Texas. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laneville | - | Small trees were downed in the town of Laneville, Texas. One large tree was blocking FM 1798 just west of town. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Flat | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Freeneytown | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Anadarko | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Glenfawn | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| McKnight | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Pone | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Sulphur Springs | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Minden | 6.3 miles | 12 |
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 Laneville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6485542 | 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 1339614. 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.







