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Leesville, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Leesville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64735. It stands on Mound Springs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Leesville quadrangle.

Leesville within Henry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Leesville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,907 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 21 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
Arson/incendiarism21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
19 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined138 acresMissouri Department of ConservationRACKET
15 August 1996Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 August 2011Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 July 2018Fireworks17 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177369-04209-07092018-1829
5 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use18 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177368-04209-07052018-1336
26 July 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined302 acresMissouri Department of ConservationWHITE OAK FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henry County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Leesville: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Northwest Quarry Mine & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Palo QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls. PitsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Henry County

Storms near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leesville in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2025Thunderstorm WindLeesville-Several reports of downed limbs and wires near Leesville, north of Tightwad.
May 2024HailLeesville-Two inch diameter hail was reported north of Tightwad on the south side of Truman Lake near Route PP.
June 2008Flash FloodLeesville-Flowing water up to one and a half feet over Highway C near Tightwad. The road was temporarily closed.

Every storm recorded in Henry County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Tightwad2.7 miles18
Hortense2.9 miles18
Roseland3.1 miles17
Coal4.1 miles18
Yolo5.8 miles17
Alberta6.7 miles18
Gaines7.5 miles18
Finey7.9 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729764. 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.