Long Lake, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Palestine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75801. The Survey maps it on the Long Lake quadrangle. It stands 236 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Long Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
117 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Long Lake between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,544 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 8 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 | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FCR 300 |
| 5 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 473 |
| 3 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ELK90084 |
| 3 September 2009 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRINITY WEST RANCH |
| 3 September 2009 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 203 |
| 3 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 461 |
| 28 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 281 |
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 Long Lake: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain Quarry | Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Long Lake in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2021: 2 hail, 1 flood. 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 2021 | Flood | Long Lake | - | A public report indicated a downed tree and minor flooding near the intersection of Highway 79 and Highway 294. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Long Lake | - | Quarter sized hail was reported in Long Lake. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Long Lake | - | Quarter size hail was reported at the Highway 79 crossing of the Trinity River. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tucker | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Lakeview Assembly | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Harmony | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Cronin | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| Elkhart | 10.8 miles | 10 | |
| Palestine | 11.1 miles | 13 | |
| Massey Lake | 12.1 miles | 12 | |
| Tennessee Colony | 13.2 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Long Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48851448 | 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 1361751. 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.




