BlockLeoville, Kansas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Dresden Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67757. The Survey maps it on the Dresden South quadrangle. It stands 2,753 feet above sea level.
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 Goodland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Goodland quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Goodland quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Dresden South quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Oberlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
22 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leoville in 22 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 14 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leoville | $300,000 | Large tree branches broken by strong winds. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Leoville | $250,000 | This tornado moved into southern Decatur county from Sheridan county and tracked to 5 miles SW of Oberlin. Damage occurred to irrigation pivots and outbuildings in southern Decatur county. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leoville | - | Ambient weather Site Ashley_Farm and weather underground site KKSSELDE3 both recorded a 63 mph wind gust. The wind occurred on the northern side of a storm where a heat burst occurred as temperatures rose from the low 80s into the low 100s over a 20 minute span, and dew points fell from the low 60s to the mid 40s according to the KKSSELDE3 site. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Leoville | - | Reported via social media. |
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Leoville | - | A quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) tornado formed in far northern Sheridan County before crossing into southern Decatur County. Damage in Decatur County was a small farm outbuilding blown over near the end of the track. Approximate end point estimated by radar. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Leoville | - | Report received of small hen egg sized hail that covered the ground at location. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leoville | - | Report received of an estimated 50-60 mph thunderstorm wind gust. Time is radar-estimated. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Leoville | - | A supercell thunderstorm produced dime to nickel sized hail. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Leoville | - | Flood waters are up to three and a half feet deep on CR 400, one and a half miles north of the Sheridan/Decatur County line where the North Fork of the Prairie Dog Creek crosses the road. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Leoville | - | The hail size varied from nickels to quarters. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Leoville | - | A large amount of hail covered the road. Most of the hail stones were either golf ball or quarter size. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Leoville | - | Public report relayed by law enforcement. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Leoville | - | Water was reported over highway 9 from mile marker 3 to the east. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Leoville | - | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Hail | Leoville | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Leoville | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Leoville | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Leoville | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Leoville | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Leoville | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Leoville | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leoville | - | 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.
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 Leoville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6527267 | 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 471110. 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.
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.