Lost Prairie, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Personville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76642. It stands on Gibson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Farrar quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Farrar quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
48 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Lost Prairie between 1996 and 2020, burning about 716 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SW 4200 (SW 4180) |
| 21 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9103 |
| 10 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 25061 FM 744 |
| 21 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 82102 |
| 11 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 20191329 |
| 11 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8113 |
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 Lost Prairie: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Kaolin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teague Pit | Kaolin | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lost Prairie in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 1 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lost Prairie | - | Tree damage was reported on Highway 164, FM 3371, and S FM 39 in Limestone County. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Lost Prairie | - | A trained spotter reported nickel sized hail near the intersection of FM 3371 and CR 800. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Lost Prairie | - | Limestone County Sheriff's Department reported water covering FM 39 south of Hwy 164. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Lost Prairie | - | A NWS Storm Survey determined an EF-0 tornado began approximately 1.5 miles southwest of Personville. This tornado had a path length of approximately 0.75 miles and an estimated width of 100 yards. Some tree damage occurred with this tornado and winds were estimated near 75 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personville | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Center | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| LaSalle | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Fair Oaks | 3.5 miles | 7 | |
| Farrar | 5.6 miles | 7 | |
| Prairie Grove | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Fallon | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Box Church | 6.5 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034732. 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.



