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Leno, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Green Cove Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32043. It stands on Clarkes Creek. The Survey maps it on the Green Cove Springs quadrangle.

Leno within Clay County

Then and now

1947 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Leno, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Leno, surveyed 1947

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

157 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Leno between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,604 acres in total. 63 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
Natural63
Railroad operations and maintenance22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3

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 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 1999Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2011Natural25 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSTEEL CLUB(54)
5 August 1994Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 August 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 August 1996Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Leno: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Titanium-Heavy Minerals, Titanium, Zirconium, Kyanite, Titanium, Zirconium. 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
Green Cove SpringsTitanium, ZirconiumProducer1955, 1972
Green Cove Springs DepositTitanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE, ThoriumProducer1969, 1972, 1986
Green Cove Springs Mine (Associated Min.) (Rgc)Titanium-Heavy Minerals, Titanium, Zirconium, KyaniteProducerKyanite, Ilmenite, Zircon, Rutile

Every working recorded in Clay 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
Brewers Landing1.6 miles13
West Tocoi3.0 miles13
Walkill3.5 miles14
Green Cove Springs7.3 miles14
Magnolia Springs8.9 miles20
Pass Station9.4 miles14
Fellowship Park10.1 miles20
Penney Farms10.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295404. 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.