Built in 1881. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1954.
“Saint Leo Abbey is an American-Cassinese monastery of Benedictine monks located in Saint Leo, Florida, United States.”
Wikipedia article Saint Leo Abbey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 10 National Register listings published here for Pasco County · listed in 1998 · category: District · built in 1881.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of St Leo Abbey Historic District between 1993 and 2018, burning about 898 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | 51/LYNAN FIRE/1116 |
| 3 August 1993 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 July 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 51/COUNTRY CLUB FIRE/0789 |
| 15 July 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 July 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 June 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 June 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Florida Forest Service | DUNNE (51) |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Church Street Historic District | 4.3 miles | 1997 |
 | Dade City Woman's Club | 4.5 miles | 2003 |
 | Pasco County Courthouse | 4.7 miles | 2006 |
 | Dade City Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Depot | 5.0 miles | 1994 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 97001637 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Pasco County | All 10 listed properties in this county. |
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