Woodlake, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Apple Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75845. The Survey maps it on the Groveton East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Groveton East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Crockett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Groveton East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
71 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Woodlake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23,721 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 6 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7117 |
| 2 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KICKAPOO WEST |
| 17 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7108 |
| 12 September 2013 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8069 |
| 12 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 895 |
| 11 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8068 |
| 10 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 884 |
| 9 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7064 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodlake in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | Flash Flood | Woodlake | 1 killed | Flash flooding resulted flooding along Piney Creek Road near Groveton. A man drowned in the floodwaters when attempting to retrieve items from his stranded car. Time was estimated based on radar and nearby flood reports as the man's body was not found until the next day. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodlake | $30,000 | Severe thunderstorms downed numerous trees and power lines between Apple Springs and Groveton. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodlake | $2,000 | Trees were reported down along FM 2262 near Piney Creek. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumpter (historical) | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Josserand | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Sulphur | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Groveton | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Lacy | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Trevat | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Westville | 8.8 miles | 11 | |
| Centerville | 10.5 miles | 10 |
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 Woodlake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q915896 | 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 1382989. 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.





