Leesville, California
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the West Colusa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95979. It lies near John Cooper Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Leesville quadrangle. It stands 1,427 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1920 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1920 USGS Venado quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Wilbur Springs quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Wilbur Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Leesville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Lakeport quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Leesville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 96 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | LEESVILLE GRADE COLUSA_CO |
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Mendocino National Forest | BOARD |
| 1 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | MOUNTAIN |
| 31 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Northern California District | BRIM |
| 24 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | BEAR VALLEY |
| 19 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | BEAR |
| 7 July 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | OLD CAZ |
| 6 July 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Northern California District | LNU BARTLE |
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Leesville: 3 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Bentonite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antelope Valley Deposit | Bentonite | Occurrence | ||
| Burgett Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Burgett Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | 1918 | |
| Gullman | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Gullman Deposit | Manganese | Unknown | 1942 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lodoga | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| Sites | 9.4 miles | 18 | |
| Lurline (historical) | 9.6 miles | 17 | |
| Mills Orchards | 9.9 miles | 18 | |
| Wilbur Springs | 10.4 miles | 14 | |
| Devils Elbow | 10.8 miles | 12 | |
| Cortena | 12.8 miles | 17 | |
| Delphos | 13.4 miles | 17 |
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 Leesville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6516477 | 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 252723. 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.






