BlockLeal, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Pleasanton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78064. The Survey maps it on the Leal quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Leal quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
62 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Leal between 2006 and 2018, burning about 1,751 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/undetermined | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEAL RD |
| 7 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LITTLE #1 |
| 4 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 417 |
| 25 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEAL RD |
| 23 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR426 |
| 20 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IH37/MM104 |
| 2 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IH 37/MM 101N |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Leal: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Caliche Products Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Caliche |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coughran | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| McCoy | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Black Hill | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Pleasanton | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Verdi | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Jourdanton | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Christine | 11.3 miles | 9 | |
| Campbellton | 11.9 miles | 11 |
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 Leal | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q110413400 | 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 1380070. 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.