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Leonel, Oklahoma

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Seiling census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73724. The Survey maps it on the Oakwood quadrangle.

Leonel within Dewey County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

16 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Leonel between 2001 and 2016, burning about 466 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks2

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 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined256 acresConcho Field OfficeGEARY
21 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresConcho Field OfficeDENTON
5 July 2012Fireworks3.0 acresConcho Field OfficeWALKER
4 July 2013Fireworks2.0 acresConcho Field OfficeTYRONE
14 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresConcho Field OfficeRIGHT
12 July 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresConcho Field OfficeCHIEF TROY
7 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresConcho Field OfficeDOT
17 June 2001Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresConcho Field OfficeCANADIAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dewey 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 Leonel: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Dolomite. 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
Unknown Dolomite PitDolomitePast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dewey 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
Oakwood4.9 miles9
Hucmac8.9 miles9
Nobscot10.8 miles9
Parallel11.4 miles9
Fonda12.2 miles8
Fay12.3 miles9
Taloga16.8 miles8
Seiling18.0 miles8

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 Q122545620The 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 1763611. 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.