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Leonidas, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77304. It stands on White Oak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cowl Spur quadrangle.

Leonidas within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

174 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Leonidas between 1992 and 2019, burning about 785 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 were 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 burning72
Missing data/not specified/undetermined67
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODFOREST PARKWAY NORTH
5 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 389
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service190052582
21 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 32
20 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 109
15 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service190055135
14 September 2013Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 235 REKINDLE
13 September 2013Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSICINSKI WILDLAND FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Honea3.5 miles13
Conroe4.1 miles14
Panorama Village5.0 miles13
Keenan5.9 miles12
Beach6.0 miles14
Egypt6.7 miles13
Willis8.1 miles13
Four Corners8.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378580. 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.