Lemonville, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Mauriceville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77632. The Survey maps it on the Mauriceville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1926 USGS Mauriceville quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Mauriceville quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Mauriceville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orangefield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
92 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Lemonville between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,755 acres in total. 2 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 burning | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 224 |
| 5 September 2013 | Fireworks | 97 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9171 |
| 5 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIVINGSTON - 853 |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 85 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 254 |
| 21 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 55 |
| 18 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9194 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Lemonville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teal Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Producer | Sand |
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lemonville in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Hail | Lemonville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauriceville | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Texla | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Coughlin | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Kinard Estates | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Gratis | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Forest Heights | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Reese | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Peveto | 5.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378577. 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.






