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Leoni, Michigan

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Leoni Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49201. The Survey maps it on the Michigan Center quadrangle.

Leoni within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

32 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Leoni between 2018 and 2020, burning about 90 acres in total. 7 started naturally. None was 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 use17
Natural7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking2

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
8 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesNAPOLEON TOWNSHIP FD 0000352 - 2018
29 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBLACKMAN-LEONI TOWNSHIP DPS 14314 - 2018
28 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBLACKMAN-LEONI TOWNSHIP DPS 14802 - 2019
15 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGRASS LAKE FD 0000177 - 2018
14 July 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBLACKMAN-LEONI TOWNSHIP DPS 13678 - 2019
14 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBLACKMAN-LEONI TOWNSHIP DPS 13234 - 2018
3 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesGRASS LAKE FD 106 - 2020
11 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use14 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesJACKSON 01 - HAWKINS RD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Leoni: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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
Mellen Camp Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Palmer Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

3 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leoni in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2008: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2006Tornado (F1)Leoni$200,000The tornado began near Napoleon Road just north of Center Lake and moved northeast. Two small barns collapsed and a patio addition was blown away near the intersection of Page and Noon roads. Minor roof damage occurred at a house on Michigan avenue and a dozen large spruce trees were uprooted. The total damage path was 7 miles long and 200 feet wide and this F1 tornado was on the ground for approximately ten minutes. No injuries or fatalities occurred.
September 1997Thunderstorm WindLeoni$5,000Jackson County Central Dispatch reported trees and power lines were downed in Leoni Township.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLeoni-The public reported that trees were blown down and that a tree and some debris were lifted up into the air.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Grass Lake3.0 miles15
Michigan Center3.2 miles17
Holiday Manor Park3.4 miles12
Oak Point3.6 miles17
Napoleon5.9 miles13
Fishville6.4 miles13
Roots6.9 miles12
Jackson7.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 630321. 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.