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Leon, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1982. It lies in ZIP code area 83832. The Survey maps it on the Uniontown quadrangle.

Leon within Whitman County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Leon in 2018, burning about 283 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
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
11 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use283 acresIdaho Department of LandsMILE MARKER 319

Every fire recorded in Whitman County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Leon: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lewiston Hill Grade Pit Np-11sSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UniontownClayPast Producer
Collins QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dahm QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Whitman County

Storms near this place

1 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leon in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2015Flash FloodLeon-A Facebook post from the public noted that US-195 was closed in both directions due to road damage from flash flooding.

Every storm recorded in Whitman 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
Uniontown2.6 miles12
Colton5.3 miles13
Johnson8.6 miles15
Chambers10.9 miles15
Staley11.1 miles15
Alpowa11.4 miles10
Moses11.5 miles10
Wilma (historical)11.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511096. 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.

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.