BlockLazare, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Goodlett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79252. The Survey maps it on the Goodlett quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Goodlett quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Goodlett quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Goodlett quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Lazare in 2006, burning about 75 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD GLORY |
Storms near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lazare in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2021: 2 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | Tornado (EFU) | Lazare | - | Storm chasers observed a brief tornado in western Hardeman County, estimated to be approximately 2 miles east of Lazare. No damage is known to have occurred. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Lazare | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Lazare | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheatland | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Punkin Center | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Goodlett | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Seven L Crossing | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Acme (historical) | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| Middleburg | 10.1 miles | 10 | |
| Talbert Crossing | 12.4 miles | 10 | |
| North Groesbeck | 12.4 miles | 9 |
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 Q122566935 | 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 1380067. 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.