Leland, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Leland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49654. It stands on Leland River. The Survey maps it on the Leland quadrangle. 410 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 581 feet above sea level.
On record in Leland
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 3 records
Hutzler's Barnlisted 1978
Leland Historic Districtlisted 1975
Riverside Innlisted 2003
Population over time
3 figuresLeland fell from 2,033 to 410 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 | 2,033 | |
| 2010 | 377 | -1,656 (-81%) |
| 2020 | 410 | +33 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Leland quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Charlevoix quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Leland between 2007 and 2020, burning about 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LEELANAU TOWNSHIP FD 2020142 - 2020 |
| 18 May 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LELAND TOWNSHIP FIRE AND RESCUE 4521 - 2018 |
| 3 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LELAND TOWNSHIP FIRE AND RESCUE 2400 - 2020 |
| 22 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 December 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUTTONS BAY-BINGHAM FIRE & RESCUE AUTHORITY 000020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Leland: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leelanau County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leland in 15 storm reports between 1999 and 2019: 7 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leland | $5,200,000 | Trees and power lines were downed in northern Leelanau County, though the damage was not as extensive as further south. Still, multiple vehicles and homes were damaged by falling trees. |
| June 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Leland | $20,000 | A tornado touched down near the west shore of Lake Leelanau, then moved out onto the lake and quickly dissipated. Docks and boats were damaged along a short stretch of shoreline, and a few trees were downed in the area. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leland | $10,000 | Several trees were downed. Some power lines near the Leland Library were downed by falling trees. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leland | $6,000 | A number of trees and power lines were downed. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leland | $4,000 | A few trees were downed. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Leland | - | Substantial damage done to fruit crops, including tart cherries, apples, and peaches. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Leland | - | Considerable damage was done to fruit trees and other crops in the Leland area. Damage estimate is conservative. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leland | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Leland | - | no account filed |
| September 2008 | Hail | Leland | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Leland | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Leland | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Leland | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leland | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Leelanau | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Fountain Point | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Suttons Bay | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Schomberg | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Bodus | 8.1 miles | 14 | |
| Peshawbestown | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Keswick | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Omena | 9.3 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 Leland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q648172 | 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 630296. 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.



