Leroy, Colorado
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Fleming census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80728. The Survey maps it on the Leroy quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Leroy quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Julesburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Leroy between 2011 and 2018, burning about 3 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | STERLING |
| 20 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sterling Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 13 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sterling Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 16 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Sterling Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 23 April 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Sterling Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Leroy: 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
1 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leroy in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1994 | Hail | Leroy | - | A thunderstorm dumped pea-size hail, two-inches deep, near Leroy (17 miles southeast of Sterling). |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Haven | 5.1 miles | 6 | |
| Saint Petersburg | 5.5 miles | 6 | |
| Rockland | 10.3 miles | 6 | |
| Fleming | 11.3 miles | 8 | |
| Twin Mills | 11.7 miles | 9 | |
| Galien | 12.2 miles | 9 | |
| Dailey | 13.5 miles | 7 | |
| Sterling | 17.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 182813. 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.



