Leonore, Illinois
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61332. The Survey maps it on the Leonore quadrangle. 121 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 673 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLeonore fell from 130 to 121 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 130 | |
| 2020 | 121 | -9 (-7%) |
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 Leonore quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
358 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 Richland Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Richland Township - 358 words.
Fires near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Leonore between 2008 and 2019, burning about 63 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 923101 |
| 8 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2019-089 |
| 17 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2017-062 |
| 6 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1 |
| 10 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1345 |
| 7 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 107101 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Leonore: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette Co Cement--Lowell Plant | Stone | Producer | ||
| Ristokrat Clay Pit No. 4 | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leonore in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Leonore | - | A funnel cloud extended about one third of the way to the ground and then dissipated. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leonore | - | Tree limbs and power lines were blown down between Lenore and Streator. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leonore | - | Large limbs torn off of trees by strong wind gusts. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Leonore | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Leonore | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Leonore | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Leonore | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilsman | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Milla | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Farm Ridge | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Ticona | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Lowell | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| Vermilionville | 4.9 miles | 27 | |
| Tonica | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Lostant | 5.3 miles | 12 |
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 Leonore | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2128004 | 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 411953. 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.






