Leagueville, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Chandler-Brownsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75778. It stands on Murphy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Leagueville quadrangle. It stands 420 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1949 USGS Frankston quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Frankston quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1984 USGS Leagueville quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
79 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Leagueville between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,166 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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 | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Smoking | 18 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 488 |
| 25 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.2 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JAMES RAY |
| 24 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7130 |
| 22 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 541 |
| 18 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leagueville in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2022: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leagueville | $5,000 | Several trees downed. Some power lines were pulled down. |
| March 2022 | Hail | Leagueville | - | A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail about a mile east of Leagueville, TX. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| New York | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Opelika | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Antioch | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Brownsboro | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Moore Station | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Murchison | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Union Hill | 6.4 miles | 13 |
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 Leagueville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076520 | 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 1378572. 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.
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.






