BlockLeon Junction, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Flat census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76528. It lies near Bread Tray Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Leon Junction quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1894 USGS Gatesville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Leon Junction quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Gatesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Leon Junction quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gatesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Temple quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Leon Junction quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
160 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Leon Junction between 2003 and 2020, burning about 1,576 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 91 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1829 & FM 107 |
| 5 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 315 FIRE |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TIPPETT PLACE |
| 26 September 2006 | Smoking | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEON RIVER & 1829 |
| 23 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 330 FIRE |
| 2 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 341/1910 |
| 15 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 450 CR 317 |
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 Leon Junction: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mound Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mound | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Flat | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Pecan Grove (historical) | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Cavitt | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Lime City | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| The Grove | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Cold Springs | 6.9 miles | 19 | |
| Oglesby | 7.1 miles | 16 |
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 Leon Junction | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q120972689 | 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 1361091. 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.