BlockLoeb, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Lumberton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77657. It stands on Boggy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Voth quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1932 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Voth quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Voth quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
196 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 196 fires within 5 miles of Loeb between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,990 acres in total. 7 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 | 107 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH/TRAM |
| 3 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 211 |
| 25 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH/EQUIPMENT/TRAILER |
| 22 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 136 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9166 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Loeb in 10 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 6 flash flood, 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Loeb | $600,000,000 | Widespread 20 to 40 inches fell across the county which resulted in near 10,000 homes being flooded. Worst hit areas were around Lumberton, Silsbee, Sour Lake, and Kountze. Record flooding occurred on Pine Island Bayou and Village Creek. The second highest crest of the Neches occurred at Evadale. The US Highway 96 bridge near Silsbee collapsed due to the current. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Loeb | $8,000,000 | The first reports of flooding was received from Silsbee's Fire Department. Water was entering 2 homes and major street flooding was beginning. During the event numerous roadways and structures in the county became flooded. River and bayou flooding also lasted for several days especially along Pine Island Bayou. Rain totals were between 10 and 40 inches, with the highest amounts along the extreme southern part of the county. Between 50 and a 100 homes were flooded, mainly between Sour Lake and Pinewood Estates. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Loeb | $5,000 | Heavy rain across Lumberton flooded roads and at least one home on the southeast side of the city. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loeb | $3,000 | A couple power poles were broken along with large tree limbs downed. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Loeb | $2,000 | Heavy rain trained across Southeast Texas including Hardin County for multiple hours. This occurred on already saturated soil and produced flooded roads which closed some for several hours. At least one home in Sour Lake had one inch of water in the structure. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Loeb | - | Golf ball sized hail reported in Pinewood estates. |
| January 2017 | Hail | Loeb | - | Hail to 1 inch was reported through social media. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Loeb | - | Six to nine inches of rain fell flooding State Highway 105 between Bevil Oaks and Sour Lake. The flooded roadway was reported by a NWS employee. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Loeb | - | Heavy rain began during the 17th across southern portions of Hardin County with 1 to 4 inches falling before sunrise on the 18th. An additional 1 to 3 fell during the 18th. This produced street flooding around the City of Lumberton. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Loeb | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Hill Acres | 0.3 miles | 14 | |
| Woodcrest Acres | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Fletcher | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Lumberton | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Pinewood Estates | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Seth | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Ridge | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Silsbee | 10.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1340323. 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.