BlockLeota, Minnesota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Leota Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56153. The Survey maps it on the Kenneth quadrangle. 202 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,722 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Kenneth quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Leota: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pronk Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leota in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 5 hail, 4 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain. 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 2014 | Flood | Leota | $50,000 | Persistent moderate to heavy rain caused flooding of fields and other lowlands, including several roads, homes, and businesses. This flooding lasted for two days, and was aggravated locally by additional storms during that time. Some roads were damaged or washed out. |
| March 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Leota | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Leota | - | A spin up developed around one-half mile north-northeast of Leota. A storm chaser witnessed field debris lofted and circulated by the very brief funnel just west of Birkett Avenue. There were no damage indicators present to allow for a rating of this tornado. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leota | - | Strong thunderstorm winds in the Leota area resulted in a few large trees toppled and multiple large limbs broken off trees. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | Leota | - | Public report of 5.30 inches rainfall. No flooding was reported. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | Leota | - | Rainfall report of 4.00 inches was relayed through the Nobles County Emergency Manager. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | Leota | - | Rainfall report of 5.20 inches received through social media. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Leota | - | Flowing water was reported across State Highway 91. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leota | - | Several large branches were taken down by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leota | - | A garage was blown off its foundation and numerous large branches removed by outflow winds. |
| June 2014 | Flood | Leota | - | Persistent moderate to heavy rain caused flooding of some fields and other lowlands, including several roads. This flooding lasted well into the daytime hours after the rain subsided. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Leota | - | Flooding of lakes, streams and lowlands, including some farmland, continued in the county through April. Lake and lowland flooding continued with very slow improvement. Several roads remained flooded. High water and groundwater levels resulting from record precipitation in the previous year was the main reason that the flooding either grew worse or improved so slowly. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Leota | - | Melting of a heavy winter snow cover caused flooding of lowlands, lakes, and streams. There was considerable flooding of farmland. Numerous roads in the county were flooded. Some of the roads were closed, and some were washed out in spots. The flooding onset was rapid for a snow melt flood due to high water and groundwater levels from record precipitation in the year 2010. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Leota | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding of Champepadan Creek. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Leota | - | Thunderstorm winds of unknown speed caused widespread tree damage, blew down a 50 thousand bushel steel grain bin, destroyed a barn and a hog building, and blew over two tractor-semitrailers. The winds also caused undetermined crop damage. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Leota | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Leota | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Leota | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Leota | - | 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.
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 Leota | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1930013 | 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 646606. 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.
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.