Leslie, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Leslie-De Soto census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31764. The Survey maps it on the Leslie quadrangle. 344 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 338 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresLeslie fell from 455 to 344 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 455 | |
| 2010 | 409 | -46 (-10%) |
| 2020 | 344 | -65 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Leslie quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Leslie quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
172 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 172 fires within 5 miles of Leslie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 785 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 11 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 | 103 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-SUMTER-011 |
| 5 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-SUMTER-016 |
| 5 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-SUMTER-008 |
| 24 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-SUMTER-016 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leslie in 6 storm reports between 1994 and 2018: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | $10,000 | The Sumter County Emergency Management Director reported that thunderstorm wind gusts blew down several trees and power lines. In addition, the roof was blown off a porch of one home in the area. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | $5,000 | The Sumter County 911 Center reported that many trees were blown down in the far southeast part of the county between Leslie and areas south of Cobb. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked over Pecan trees and swept down tree limbs, which damaged at least three cars. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Leslie | $2,000 | The Sumter County Emergency Manager reported quarter size hail in Leslie. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | $2,000 | The Sumter county Sheriff reported a tin roof was blown off a building. |
| January 1999 | Hail | Leslie | - | The sheriff's office reported nickel size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeSoto | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| Parkers (historical) | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Lamar | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Huntington | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Cobb | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Gatewood | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Flintside | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Corinth (historical) | 7.4 miles | 8 |
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 Q2101248 | 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 316768. 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.





