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Leonardi, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the North El Dorado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95634. It lies near Lookout Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Devil Peak quadrangle. It stands 4,655 feet above sea level.

Leonardi within El Dorado County

Then and now

1891 to 1976

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Leonardi, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Leonardi, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 34 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Leonardi between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,437 acres in total. 28 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
Natural28
Recreation and ceremony18
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1
Firearms and explosives use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEldorado National ForestKING
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acreEldorado National ForestELEVEN
6 September 2003Naturalunder an acreEldorado National ForestSAND
5 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestSTUMPY
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreEldorado National ForestMISTY
4 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEldorado National Forestnot named
3 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEldorado National ForestPILOT
3 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEldorado National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Dorado County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Leonardi: 5 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
BadgerGoldOccurrencePlacer
BadgerGoldUnknown
DunlapGoldOccurrence
DunlapGoldPast ProducerGold
DunlapGoldOccurrence
Onion CreekGoldOccurrencePlacer
Onion CreekGoldUnknown
Pigeon Roost MineGoldUnknown
South Slope ConsolidatedGoldOccurrencePlacer
South Slope ConsolidatedGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in El Dorado County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Campana0.9 miles34
Claussenius4.8 miles31
Pino Grande4.8 miles31
Raffetto5.2 miles32
McManus5.7 miles31
Spring Valley7.1 miles31
Fairbanks7.2 miles31
Van Vleck7.3 miles31

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 Q6525891The 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 1656124. 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.