Fort Leaton, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Presidio census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79845. It lies near Arroyo Arenoso. The Survey maps it on the Presidio East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Fort Leaton within Presidio County

On record in Fort Leaton

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Fort Leatonlisted 1973 · 0.3 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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.

1896 USGS Shafter quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1959 USGS Presidio quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1965 USGS Presidio quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Presidio East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Presidio quadrangle1:100000
1993 USGS Presidio quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

11 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Fort Leaton (historical) between 2006 and 2019, burning about 632 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
Smoking	7
Debris and open burning	4

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
8 April 2014	Smoking	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	VILLAREAL BRUSH FIRE
10 March 2013	Smoking	6.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	PRIETOS RANCH BRUSH FIRE
10 March 2006	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
22 February 2019	Debris and open burning	600 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	ALAMITO CREEK
21 February 2013	Smoking	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	ANDY'S RANCH BRUSH FIRE
18 February 2013	Smoking	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CHIANATI RANCH
22 November 2013	Smoking	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	CIBOLO CREEK RANCH FIRE
9 January 2006	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Presidio 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 Fort Leaton (historical): 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unidentified Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Occurrence	Sedimentary
	Unidentified Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Presidio 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Loma Pelona	1.1 miles	13
Presidio	2.9 miles	13
La Junta	5.9 miles	12
Haciendito	8.6 miles	12
Redford	9.5 miles	11
Las Pampas Colonia	9.8 miles	12
Polvo	10.1 miles	11
Ochoa	12.8 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034879. 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.