BlockLeeds, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Osage Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61377. The Survey maps it on the Long Point quadrangle. It stands 679 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1925 USGS Streator quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1927 USGS Streator quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Long Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
392 words on this townshipHistory of LaSalle County, Illinois : Its Topography, Geology, Botany, Natural History, History of the Mound Builders, Indian Tribes, French Explorations, and a Sketch of the Pioneer Settlers of Each Town to 1840, with an Appendix, Giving the Present Status of the County, Its Population, Resources, Manufactures and Institutions, published 1877 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Osage Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Osage Township - 392 words.
Fires near this place
5 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Leeds between 2010 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. None 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 | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1600097 |
| 1 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | WEEKS |
| 14 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 200009 |
| 21 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 200057 |
| 6 October 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1400174 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leeds in 2 storm reports in 2024: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Leeds | - | High resolution satellite imagery showed a tornado that touched down near E 10th Road between N 4th Road and N 5th Road and then moved southeast damaging only crops. The tornado crossed into Livingston County just south of N 4th Road. Since the only known damage from this tornado was to crops, it was assigned the EF-U (unknown) rating. |
| July 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Leeds | - | High resolution satellite imagery showed a tornado began near the intersection of N 7th Road and E 10th Road and moved east southeast causing damage to crops. The damage was most pronounced at the start of the tornado between E 10th Road and E 11th Road, where a clear and continuous damage path was evident in the crops. The tornado crossed into Livingston County just south of Prairie Creek. Since the only known damage from this tornado was to crops, it was assigned the EF-U (unknown) rating. |
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.
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 Leeds | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6515801 | 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 422905. 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.