Leslie, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Wileys Cove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72645. It stands on Begley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Leslie quadrangle. 375 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,020 feet above sea level.
On record in Leslie
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 12 of 16 shown
American Legion Post No. 131listed 1993
Guy Bartley Houselisted 1993
Dr. Clay Houselisted 1993
Dr. J. O. Cotton Houselisted 1993
Farmers Bank Buildinglisted 1993
Columbus Hatchett Houselisted 1993
Dr. Cleveland Hollabaugh Houselisted 1993
Leslie Commercial Historic Districtlisted 2017
Leslie-Rolen Houselisted 1993
Meek Buildinglisted 2000
J. C. Miller Houselisted 1993
Missouri and North Arkansas Depot-Leslielisted 1992
Population over time
2 figuresLeslie fell from 441 to 375 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 441 | |
| 2020 | 375 | -66 (-15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1892 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Leslie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
61 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Leslie between 1998 and 2020, burning about 2,372 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 244 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
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 Leslie: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J E Ferguson | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
26 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leslie in 26 storm reports between 1994 and 2016: 15 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | $10,000 | A roof was dislodged on a building and a few trees were blown over onto houses. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | $10,000 | Several trees were blown down onto roads. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew the metal roofing off several buildings in Leslie. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | - | Some trees were blown over and there was damage to an awning. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto a power line. One house sustained some minor roof damage. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | - | Some large trees limbs were blown down. |
| October 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wileys Cove | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Noahs | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Elberta | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Rumley | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Begley (historical) | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Campbell | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Shilo (historical) | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Oxley | 5.4 miles | 15 |
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 Leslie | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q79597 | 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 77477. 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.









