Loebau, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Lincoln-Dime Box census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78948. It stands on Elm Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lincoln quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1919 USGS Dime Box quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
108 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Loebau between 1992 and 2020, burning about 627 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 112 |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURN BAN VIOLATION |
| 29 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RICK FOSTER |
| 27 September 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SALAZAR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Loebau in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 2016 | Flash Flood | Loebau | 1 killed | A vehicle was swept off the road due to swift water. The driver was found deceased the next day due to apparent drowning. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loebau | $10,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 58 mph that damaged the underpinning of a mobile home, a porch, a barn, a well house, a fence, and multiple trees. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Loebau | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Loebau. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loebau | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 58 mph that damaged trees off Private Rd. 1271 near Giddings. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Loebau | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing CR143 near Loebau. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Loebau | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Sweet Home | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Doak Springs | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Dime Box | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Old Dime Box | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Leo | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Giddings | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Manheim | 7.7 miles | 16 |
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 Q122551253 | 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 1378593. 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.



