BlockLeando, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Village Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52551. It stands on Holcomb Creek. The Survey maps it on the Douds quadrangle. 121 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 630 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresLeando fell from 135 to 121 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 | 135 | |
| 2010 | 115 | -20 (-15%) |
| 2020 | 121 | +6 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Douds quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:100000
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 Leando: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douds Underground Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gardner Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Selma-Nedrow Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leando in 8 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 5 hail, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Hail | Leando | - | Time estimated using radar. There were also several small tree branches down. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Leando | - | Report included a video and photos on social media. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Leando | - | Strong winds also reported. |
| November 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leando | - | The county emergency manager reported a tree and power line were down in the Douds area. The time was estimated by radar. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Leando | - | Trained spotter reported hail the size of quarters falling for about 5 minutes near Leando. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leando | - | Law enforcement reported a tree fell on a house along with power lines down near Leando. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Leando | - | Quarter-sized hail fell in the Douds/Leando, IA area at 1000 pm June 21. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leando | - | Winds estimated to be 65 mph blew a tree down in the vicinity of Douds and Leando, IA around 11 pm June 7. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douds | 0.4 miles | 7 | |
| Selma | 4.3 miles | 7 | |
| Kilbourn | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Lebanon | 7.4 miles | 7 | |
| Pittsburg | 7.9 miles | 11 | |
| Birmingham | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Zion | 8.8 miles | 11 | |
| Parksville (historical) | 8.9 miles | 11 |
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 Leando | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q960009 | 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 458260. 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.
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.