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East Leon, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Dayton town. It lies in ZIP code area 14719. It lies near Lawrence Hollow. The Survey maps it on the New Albion quadrangle.

East Leon within Cattaraugus County

Then and now

1923 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 63 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of East Leon, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of East Leon, surveyed 1923

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

74 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of East Leon between 1993 and 2019, burning about 60 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 14 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning12
Natural8
Smoking2
Other causes1

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
22 September 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 August 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cattaraugus County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of East Leon: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, 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
Gernatt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
South Dayton DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
C.H.Richey No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
C.J.Sutter No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
J.P.Strickland No.3 WellSaltPast Producer
William Hills No.1 WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cattaraugus County

Storms near this place

1 since 2026

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Leon in 1 storm report in 2026: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2026Thunderstorm WindEast Leon$500Tree downed across road.

Every storm recorded in Cattaraugus 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
Wesley1.8 miles15
Snyders Corners2.5 miles15
Persia2.9 miles15
Markhams4.3 miles18
Leon4.9 miles17
Cattaraugus4.9 miles16
Dayton4.9 miles15
South Dayton5.3 miles17

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.

Wikidata item Q122569823The 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 949156. 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.