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Leone, Idaho

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Orchard census division. The Survey maps it on the Indian Creek Reservoir quadrangle.

Leone within Ada County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

135 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Leone between 1992 and 2020, burning about 32,836 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 9 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 use46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Firearms and explosives use25
Natural10
Arson/incendiarism9
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Fireworks5
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning1

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 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBoise DistrictNEON
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoise DistrictBLACKS
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoise DistrictMM63 I84
7 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresBoise DistrictMP63 I-84
30 September 2012Firearms and explosives use325 acresBoise DistrictKRASH
3 September 2006Firearms and explosives use198 acresBoise DistrictBLACKSHOT
29 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresBoise DistrictRR MP 429
27 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBoise DistrictINDIAN CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ada County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Leone: 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Ada 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
Blacks Creek5.4 miles16
Regina5.5 miles18
Owyhee5.7 miles16
Blacks (historical)5.9 miles15
Neal (historical)7.3 miles18
Orchard7.4 miles16
Pleasant Valley8.5 miles16
Barber10.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396783. 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.