BlockLeefield, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Brooklet census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30415. The Survey maps it on the Leefield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1921 USGS Brooklet quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Brooklet quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Leefield quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
171 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Leefield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 961 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 22 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 burning | 98 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-BULLOCH-009 |
| 25 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-BULLOCH-009 |
| 24 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2001 | Natural | 2.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-BULLOCH-004 |
| 9 August 2011 | Natural | 6.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-BULLOCH-009 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
20 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leefield in 20 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leefield | $1,250 | A Bulloch County emergency manager reported power lines down on Stilson-Leefield Road at Holloway Road. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leefield | $1,000 | Law enforcement reported a tree and power line down in Leefield, Georgia. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leefield | $500 | The public reported several tree limbs down, the largest of which was 4 inches in diameter, as well as dime size hail, 3 miles east of Leefield, Georgia. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Leefield | - | Broadcast media relayed a picture of quarter size hail. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leefield | - | The Bulloch County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Brooklet-Leefield Road near the intersection with Clito Road. |
| June 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Leefield | - | A National Weather Service Storm Survey Team confirmed an EF-0 tornado with an estimated maximum wind speed of 80 mph northeast of Brooklet, Georgia in Bulloch County occurring from 608 PM to 609 PM. The brief tornado started just south of the Brooklet-Leefield Road and Clito Road intersection in a farm field along a thin line of trees where several hardwood trees were uprooted. The tornado then traveled across the field to a pine plantation where it uprooted and snapped nearly a third of the pine trees. A drone flight confirmed a distinctive convergent pattern in the trees. The tornado then quickly lifted once it entered back into the adjacent farm field. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leefield | - | A 911 call center reported a tree down near the intersection of Clito Road and Magnolia|Church Road. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leefield | - | A Bulloch County emergency manager reported multiple trees snapped off about 6 to 7 feet above the ground along Brooklet-Leefield Road. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leefield | - | A spotter reported 5 trees blown down along the 1000 block of Bryant Still Road. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leefield | - | Bulloch County dispatch reported a tree down on Stilson Leefield Road. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Leefield | - | Bulloch County dispatch reported that an overflowing pond closed Hagan Mill Pond Road. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Leefield | - | Bulloch County dispatch reported that an overflowing pond closed Alex Knight Road near Pless Clifton Road. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Leefield | - | Bulloch County dispatch reported that Pless Clifton Road was closed due to flooding. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leefield | - | Bulloch County dispatch reported a tree down on Stillson-Leefield Road near the intersection with Spring Creek Road. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Leefield | - | Public reported quarter sized hail 3 miles southeast of Leefield. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Leefield | - | The Public reported quarter size hail in Leefield, Georgia. |
| September 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leefield | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and large limbs. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leefield | - | Trees and powerlines down countywide. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leefield | - | Numerous trees down |
| July 1997 | Hail | Leefield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklet | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Mill Creek (historical) | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Truckers | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Grimshaw | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Arcola | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Pretoria | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Grove Lakes | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Grove Lakes South | 6.6 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332200. 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.
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.