Leonard, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Dudley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56652. The Survey maps it on the Leonard quadrangle. 41 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,453 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLeonard grew from 41 to 41 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 | 41 | |
| 2020 | 41 | 0 (0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1943 USGS Bagley quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Leonard quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fosston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
76 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Leonard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 400 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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 | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 June 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 21 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Leonard: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Ready Mix Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leonard in 11 storm reports between 2003 and 2022: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leonard | - | A few large trees were blown down in northern Sinclair Township. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leonard | - | Multiple trees were blown down, one falling on a house. A garage and barn were also damaged. |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leonard | - | Several tree branches were blown down. |
| June 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Leonard | - | Multiple funnels were seen over Clearwater Lake. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Leonard | - | The tornado knocked down numerous trees along county road 24. Estimated peak winds were 90 mph. The tornado continued into Beltrami county. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Leonard | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Leonard | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Leonard | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Leonard | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Leonard | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shevlin | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| Clearbrook | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| Bagley | 11.2 miles | 10 | |
| Gonvick | 14.1 miles | 10 | |
| Weme | 14.1 miles | 10 | |
| Berner | 15.0 miles | 10 | |
| Winsor (historical) | 15.8 miles | 11 | |
| Ebro | 17.4 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 Leonard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1966245 | 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 646604. 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.





