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Leonia, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the West Holmes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32464. The Survey maps it on the Darlington quadrangle.

Leonia within Holmes County

Then and now

1949 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 38 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Leonia, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Leonia, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

98 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Leonia between 1993 and 2020, burning about 868 acres in total. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use26
Debris and open burning20
Railroad operations and maintenance18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Smoking8
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2

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
25 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 July 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 July 1993Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 July 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHIGHWAY 185 (30)
22 June 1993Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 June 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 June 1998Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 May 2000Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Holmes County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Leonia: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Holmes County

Storms near this place

6 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leonia in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2009Thunderstorm WindLeonia$5,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindLeonia$2,000A tree was blown down onto power lines, impacting 780 customers.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindLeonia$1,000A power line was blown down and resulted in a fire along Gillman Road.
April 2021Flash FloodLeonia-Highway 185 and Morrison Road were underwater.
February 2018FloodLeonia-Highway 185 at Hurricane Creek had water over the roadway. This was caused by a long duration of moderate to occasionally heavy rain.
April 2014FloodLeonia-Jones Loop Road was closed at the bridge.

Every storm recorded in Holmes 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
Hobbs Crossroads3.5 miles16
Arrant Settlement4.3 miles14
Royals Crossroads4.9 miles16
Hudson5.4 miles14
Prosperity5.7 miles14
Barker Store5.8 miles16
Baker Settlement7.0 miles14
Hickory Hill8.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 297500. 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.