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Leon, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Leon town. It lies in ZIP code area 14726. The Survey maps it on the Cherry Creek quadrangle.

Leon within Cattaraugus County

Then and now

1900 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Leon, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Leon, surveyed 1900

On record in Leon

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

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

45 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Leon between 1993 and 2019, burning about 46 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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/undetermined25
Arson/incendiarism16
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
14 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 July 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 June 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 May 2006Arson/incendiarismunder 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Leon: 1 past producer, 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
Conewango Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
William Marsh No.1 WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cattaraugus County

Storms near this place

13 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leon in 13 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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
July 2015Flash FloodLeon$150,000no account filed
August 1994Thunderstorm WindLeon$50,000no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindLeon$15,000no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindLeon$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindLeon$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindLeon$10,000Law enforcement reported trees down on Riga Road by thunderstorm winds.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindLeon$10,000Law enforcement reported numerous trees and powerlines down.
May 2004Flash FloodLeon$10,000no account filed
August 2017Thunderstorm WindLeon$8,000Law enforcement reported trees down by thunderstorm winds.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindLeon$5,000Trees and wires were downed in Leon.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindLeon$2,000Multiple reports of trees down were received.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindLeon$500Large pine tree down across Cherry Creek Road.
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
Rays Corners2.2 miles17
Conewango3.8 miles17
Axeville4.3 miles16
East Leon4.9 miles15
Skunks Corner5.3 miles17
South Dayton5.3 miles17
Pope5.8 miles17
Wesley6.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 955211. 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.