Le Verte, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Buna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77612. It stands on Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Call Junction quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Kirbyville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Call Junction quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS DeRidder quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
191 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Le Verte between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,484 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 54 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 | 111 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 196 |
| 5 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | K115 |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 184 |
| 4 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIVINGSTON - 952 |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 232 CR 639 |
| 3 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Le Verte in 6 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2016 | Tornado (EF2) | Le Verte | 3 hurt, $50,000 | A tornado developed approximately 10 miles southwest of call along county road 702 and moved northeast along county road 1004 snapping or uprooting numerous trees and power lines over a wide swath. The tornado destroyed a single wide trailer just west of us Highway 96. The trailer flipped over twice with three residents inside. One was person was transferred to the hospital to receive stitches. The other two victims sustained only minor injuries. An aluminum shed near the trailer was lifted and thrown approximately 200 yards. The tornado then crossed us Highway 96 where it continued to snap or uproot trees and power lines before dissipating approximately 1 mile south of call in Newton County. |
| July 2025 | Lightning | Le Verte | $100,000 | A home was struck by lightning. The resulting fire consumed most of the structure. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Verte | $50,000 | Multiple trees were downed along FM 1004. A barn also partially lost its roof. |
| January 2024 | Flash Flood | Le Verte | - | A stream gage on Long Branch measured water levels consistent with minor flooding. |
| January 2023 | Flash Flood | Le Verte | - | Water rose above bank full on drainage ditches north of Buna flooding area roads. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Verte | - | The Jasper County Police Department reported several trees down along County Roads 634 and 1004. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forbes | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| Call Junction | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Bessmay | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Buna | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Bunker Hill | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Kirbyville | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| J and E Junction | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Quinn | 11.6 miles | 13 |
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 Q122589622 | 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 1380068. 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.




