Leader, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1976. It stands in Byron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56479. The Survey maps it on the Leader quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1919 USGS Leader quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brainerd quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Leader quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Pine River quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
70 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Leader between 1992 and 2020, burning about 561 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 18 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 June 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leader in 14 storm reports between 2002 and 2020: 8 hail, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leader | - | A 6 foot glass-top patio table was overturned by the wind. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Leader | - | Pea to quarter size hail was falling along with heavy rain. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leader | - | Trees were blown down across Highway 64. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leader | - | There were several 5 diameter pine trees down, and damage to a 10 diameter oak tree. |
| July 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Leader | - | Several funnel clouds were spotted, along with wind gusts of up to 70 mph. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leader | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Leader | - | The hail covered the ground. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leader | - | A pontoon was swamped on Gull Lake. All passengers aboard were rescued. |
| September 2018 | Hail | Leader | - | no account filed |
| September 2018 | Hail | Leader | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Leader | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Leader | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Leader | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Leader | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellis | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Poplar | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Graff | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Casino | 9.3 miles | 10 | |
| Bridgeman | 10.7 miles | 10 | |
| Lake Shore | 15.9 miles | 15 | |
| Pillager | 16.7 miles | 17 | |
| East Gull Lake | 17.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 646556. 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.
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.






