Leonard, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Addison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48367. The Survey maps it on the Lake Orion quadrangle. 377 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,007 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLeonard fell from 403 to 377 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 | 403 | |
| 2020 | 377 | -26 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1943 USGS Lake Orion quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Lake Orion quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Lake Orion quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Lake Orion quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Lake Orion quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Leonard between 2018 and 2020, burning about 22 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DRYDEN TOWNSHIP FD 0018026 - 2018 |
| 13 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRUCE TOWNSHIP-ROMEO FD 0000565 - 2019 |
| 13 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ADDISON TOWNSHIP FD 0000156 - 2019 |
| 13 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ADDISON TOWNSHIP FD 0000154 - 2019 |
| 13 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DRYDEN TOWNSHIP FD 0019030 - 2019 |
| 9 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALMONT FD 22 - 2020 |
| 28 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRUCE TOWNSHIP-ROMEO FD 0000476 - 2019 |
| 26 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALMONT FD 40 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Leonard: 5 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addison Township Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Great Lakes Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Oxford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Oxford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| St Clair County Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leonard in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Leonard | $90,000 | A tornado touched down 1 mile southwest of Leonard and was on the ground for about 1 mile. Several large trees were uprooted from the tornado. A large pole barn was destroyed, a camper and trailer were overturned, the roof on a home was lifted off, and a truck was heavily damaged when a large tree fell onto it. The most extensive damage was reported on Quattro Lane, south of Leonard. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leonard | $2,000 | Six trees were reported blown down along Lakeville Road. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leonard | - | Law enforcement reported trees blown down. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leonard | - | The Addison Township fire department reported that several trees had blown down in thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Leonard | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Leonard | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeville | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Campbells Corner | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Oxford | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Lake Orion | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Waterstone | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Rudds Mill | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Thomas | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Lake Orion Heights | 9.2 miles | 14 |
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 Leonard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2700443 | 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 630315. 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.








