BlockLeo, Minnesota
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Barto Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56726. The Survey maps it on the Leo quadrangle. It stands 1,030 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1930 USGS Juneberry quadrangle1:31680
- 1932 USGS Juneberry quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Leo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Thief River Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Hallock quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
31 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Leo between 1993 and 2016, burning about 3,187 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 burning | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,150 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2012 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 120 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haug | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Greenbush | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Badger | 12.6 miles | 9 | |
| Strathcona | 14.9 miles | 10 | |
| Oak Point (historical) | 16.6 miles | 11 | |
| Noacres (historical) | 16.9 miles | 12 | |
| Fox | 19.4 miles | 9 | |
| Ross | 20.2 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Leo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22060061 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 654793. 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.