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Lassater, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lake O' the Pines census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75630. The Survey maps it on the Lassater quadrangle.

Lassater within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 11 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

278 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 278 fires within 5 miles of Lassater between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,588 acres in total. 12 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 burning139
Missing data/not specified/undetermined61
Arson/incendiarism31
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 1998Natural114 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBOIS D' ARC
4 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceJACOB A. AMES
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCORP. OF ENGINEERS
30 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6167
3 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHICKS FIRE
28 September 2014Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6200
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1578 BOONDOCK RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lassater: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Kelley MineIronPast Producer1869
Orrs Switch-Lassater DepositsIronPast ProducerGoethite, Hematite, Siderite

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

5 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lassater in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2020Thunderstorm WindLassater-Several trees were blown down in the Pine Harbor neighborhood near Lake O' The Pines.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindLassater-Large trees were downed on Hwy. 49 in Kellyville, Texas northwest of Jefferson.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindLassater-Trees and powerlines were reported down by law enforcement officers in the Pine Harbor area.
May 2003Tornado (F1)Lassater-A strong cyclic supercell tornado developed over Mineola, Texas while a strong tornado developed shortly there after and moved to the east northeast. Numerous Pine, Oak, and other species of trees were either snapped or pushed over along the entire tornado track. No structures were along the tornado track in this county. This tornado moved into Marion County, Texas from Wood, Upshur, and Harrison Counties of northeast Texas. The tornado crossed Lake 'O The Pines and dissipated shortly after crossing the northeastern shore.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindLassater-Several large trees down across Hwy 49.

Every storm recorded in Marion 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
Orrs1.3 miles11
Sarber2.4 miles13
Rock Springs3.4 miles11
Victory4.3 miles11
White Oak5.5 miles13
Berea5.7 miles13
Kellyville6.2 miles13
Warlock6.4 miles11

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.

Wikidata item Q122559552The 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 1378565. 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.

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.