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Leroy, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Fellowship census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34481. The Survey maps it on the Cotton Plant quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Leroy within Marion County

Then and now

1892 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Leroy (historical), surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Leroy (historical), surveyed 1892

Compare 1892 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

243 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 243 fires within 5 miles of Leroy (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,112 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 16 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 burning65
Railroad operations and maintenance49
Equipment and vehicle use39
Natural26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Arson/incendiarism16
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony5
Other causes2
Smoking1

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
26 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance75 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2019Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSW 30TH LN (42)
24 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service101 AVE LANE(42)
1 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 1999Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 August 2004Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2004-08-0703MARION
21 August 2002Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion 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 Leroy (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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
Counts Constr. - 140th Ave. MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Marion 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
Rolling Hills1.2 miles17
York1.9 miles17
Rocksprings3.1 miles18
Cotton Plant3.2 miles17
Rainbow Park3.3 miles17
Hoyt4.2 miles17
Rolling Ranches4.8 miles17
Ocala Estates4.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295405. 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.