Looneyville, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Cushing-Douglass census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75760. The Survey maps it on the Cushing quadrangle. It stands 479 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1943 USGS Cushing quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Cushing quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Cushing quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
70 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Looneyville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 281 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 538 |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 217 |
| 28 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 568 |
| 26 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 580 |
| 20 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 485 |
| 17 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 525 |
| 13 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 Looneyville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cushing Mtn Mine and Mill | Iron | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Looneyville in 9 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Looneyville | $8,000 | A localized but non-severe microburst with estimated wind gusts between 45-55 mph uprooted a weakened but top-heavy 200 year old sweet gum tree in front of a home on County Road 343 between the Lilbert and Looneyville communities. This tree landed near a parked car and damaged the windshield of the vehicle. Several branches were snapped, and a metal roof was peeled off of an outbuilding. Small hail was observed as well. |
| February 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Looneyville | - | Trees and power lines downed along FM Road 225 between Cushing and Douglass. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Looneyville | - | Flash flooding reported along FM Road 225 between Douglass and Cushing, resulting in the road being closed. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Looneyville | - | A tree was downed on FM 225 just south of Cushing. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Looneyville | - | Trees were blown down south of Cushing. |
| March 2016 | Flash Flood | Looneyville | - | Excessive heavy rainfall resulted in water over the roadway on FM. 95 two miles south of U.S. 59. Water was also over the roadway on FM. 343 near Industrial Blvd. in Nacogdoches, Texas. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Looneyville | - | Trees were downed in Loonyville, Texas. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Looneyville | - | Trees down along Hwy 343. |
| March 2002 | Hail | Looneyville | - | 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.
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 Looneyville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18350294 | 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 1378609. 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.







