BlockLeo, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Lexington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78947. It stands on Doak Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lincoln quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1919 USGS Dime Box quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
70 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Leo between 2000 and 2020, burning about 574 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RICK FOSTER |
| 29 September 2011 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VIRGINIA THORNSEN |
| 27 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 696 EAST GRASS FIRE |
| 26 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRAIL RIDE FIRE |
| 26 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR339 FIRE LERCHE |
| 6 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAMERON ABSCHNEIDER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doak Springs | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| Lexington | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Fedor | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Lincoln | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Old Dime Box | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Loebau | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Pleasant Grove (historical) | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Dime Box | 8.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378579. 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.