Leon Springs, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Antonio North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78257. It lies near Aue Hill. The Survey maps it on the Van Raub quadrangle.
On record in Leon Springs
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Aue Stagecoach Innlisted 1979
Plehwe Complexlisted 1983
Surveyed buildings and structures 4 records
- Aue Stagecoach Inn & Complex, 1878 House, Boerne Stage Road, Leon Springsfederal building survey, 3 photographs
- Aue Stagecoach Inn & Complex, Boerne Stage Road, Leon Springsfederal building survey, 8 photographs
- Aue Stagecoach Inn & Complex, Max Aue House, Boerne Stage Road, Leon Springsfederal building survey, 3 photographs
- Aue Stagecoach Inn & Complex, Max Aue Log House, Boerne Stage Road, Leon Springsfederal building survey, 3 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Van Raub quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Van Raub quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Van Raub quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Leon Springs between 2005 and 2011, burning about 626 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 290 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DIETZ-ELKHORN FIRE |
| 13 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SS COMMAND |
| 1 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FAIR OAKS PKWY |
| 2 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RALPH FAIR ROAD |
| 14 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GOLDFINCH |
| 14 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 85 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 85 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | 83 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HUNTRESS LANE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Leon Springs: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beckman Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Beckman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominion | 0.9 miles | 11 | |
| Cross Mountain | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Scenic Oaks | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Beckmann | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Grey Forest | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Van Raub | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Fair Oaks Ranch | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Helotes | 6.8 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 Leon Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6524902 | 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 1339823. 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.






