Le Roy, Minnesota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Le Roy City. It lies in ZIP code area 55951. It stands on Little Iowa River. The Survey maps it on the Le Roy quadrangle. 957 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,289 feet above sea level.
On record in Le Roy
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 within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
First State Bank of LeRoylisted 1986 · 0.0 miles away
LeRoy Public Librarylisted 1986 · 0.1 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresLe Roy grew from 929 to 957 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 | 929 | |
| 2020 | 957 | +28 (+3%) |
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 Mason City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Le Roy quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Le Roy between 1999 and 2012, burning about 61 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 March 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 November 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Le Roy: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durst Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Eastman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
33 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Le Roy in 33 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 14 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 funnel cloud, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2004 | Tornado (F3) | Le Roy | $3,000,000 | no account filed |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Roy | $50,000 | A barn was destroyed near Le Roy. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Roy | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Roy | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Le Roy | $25,000 | Runoff from heavy rain produced flash flooding across the eastern portions of Mower County. The intersection of U.S. Highway 63 and State Highway 16 was covered in water and both Deer Creek and Bear Creek went out of their banks. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Roy | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Le Roy | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Le Roy | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Le Roy | $2,500 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Roy | $400 | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Funnel Cloud | Le Roy | - | A funnel cloud was sighted near Le Roy. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Roy | - | An estimated 59 mph wind just occurred near Le Roy. |
| July 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Le Roy | - | A funnel cloud was sighted north of Le Roy. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Le Roy | - | Quarter sized hail was reported in Le Roy. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Le Roy | - | Quarter sized hail just outside of Le Roy. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Le Roy | - | Heavy rain produced flash flooding over the southeast corner of Mower County. Rapidly rising water from the Upper Iowa River covered State Highway 56 near Le Roy. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Le Roy | - | Water from a branch of the Upper Iowa River was flowing over State Highway 56 west of Le Roy. |
| May 2013 | Heavy Rain | Le Roy | - | In Le Roy, 1.1 inches of rain fell in about 30 minutes. |
| June 2010 | Heavy Rain | Le Roy | - | An official rainfall total of 3.20 inches was reported. |
| May 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Le Roy | - | A trained spotter east of Le Roy reported a couple of small funnel clouds. |
| August 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Le Roy | - | Numerous, brief funnel clouds were reported to KTTC-TV by technicians at a wind farm in Mower County. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Le Roy | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Le Roy | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Le Roy | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Le Roy | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Le Roy | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Roy | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Le Roy | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Le Roy | - | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Hail | Le Roy | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Le Roy | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Le Roy | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Roy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taopi | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| Adams | 12.1 miles | 8 | |
| Grand Meadow | 14.0 miles | 7 | |
| Johnsburg | 14.1 miles | 9 | |
| Elkton | 15.1 miles | 7 | |
| Dexter | 17.9 miles | 7 | |
| Racine | 18.4 miles | 9 | |
| Rose Creek | 18.6 miles | 9 |
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 Le Roy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2230121 | 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 646545. 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.




