BlockLeo, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Valley View census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76234. It stands on Dixon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greenwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
75 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Leo between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,196 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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 | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 29 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROSSTON HAY BALES |
| 28 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 20 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STUMP BURN |
| 19 September 2017 | Natural | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE BY LIGHTNING FM 51 & CR 377 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leo in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Leo | - | The tornado developed shortly after crossing into Cooke County, first touching down near FM 51 and CR 377 where a tree was uprooted, several large tree branches were snapped, and it knocked down half a concrete silo. Sporadic tree damage was noted along FM 51 leading into Era where damage occurred to a gas station awning. It continued northeast, strengthened and produced major damage to several roofs of homes, snapped trees, and flipped a horse trailer. It continued to move northeast along FM 51 where it destroyed a metal implement shed. As it moved toward Gainesville, it blew out 2 roll up doors and lifted the roof of a commercial building. The tornado then crossed I-35 near US-82 and ripped the aluminum roof off a cattle yard before lifting shortly after. Maximum estimated winds were 105 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosston | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Prairie Point | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Era | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Hood | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Freemound | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Lois | 9.2 miles | 8 | |
| Valley View | 12.4 miles | 8 | |
| Myra | 12.5 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 Leo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q127604113 | 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 1382138. 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.