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Leopold, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Lorance Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63760. The Survey maps it on the Marble Hill quadrangle. It stands 627 feet above sea level.

Leopold within Bollinger County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

12 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Leopold between 1996 and 2019, burning about 22 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
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
12 August 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 August 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 July 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 July 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 July 1996Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 June 2013Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 May 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bollinger County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Leopold: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Caldwell BankIronPast Producer
Hahn QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lutes DiggingsIronPast Producer
Turley & Briggs QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lyley PitClayPast Producer
Menninger PitClayPast Producer
Morgan PitClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bollinger County

Storms near this place

10 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leopold in 10 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 4 hail, 3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2013Tornado (EF1)Leopold$70,000This tornado contained peak winds near 95 mph. Dozens of trees were snapped and uprooted. A pavilion was damaged by a falling tree. Some shingles were blown off a few homes.
March 2009Tornado (EF1)Leopold$60,000Several houses received major shingle damage. A barn was destroyed. Two-by-fours were driven through the exterior wall of a well-built home. A garage wall was blown out. A few other barns sustained significant structural damage. The damage path was not continuous. Peak winds were estimated near 85 mph. The tornado continued into Cape Girardeau County.
May 2023HailLeopold$25,000The hail was reported to be at least the size of quarters.
October 2014Tornado (EF1)Leopold$20,000The tornado damaged a few barns, throwing debris across a yard and buckling a barn roof. Several trees were uprooted and snapped along the path. Peak winds were estimated near 95 mph.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindLeopold$8,000Widespread tree damage occurred across far southern Bollinger County. Six miles south-southwest of Leopold, several trees were down. At Sturdivant, medium size tree limbs were down.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindLeopold$1,000A canopy was blown away.
October 2009FloodLeopold-A prolonged period of moderate rain with pockets of heavy rain caused fairly widespread flooding of creeks and roads. Several schools dismissed classes early due to travel problems associated with flooded roads. The Castor River went out of its banks, flooding some roads. A few precautionary evacuations were recommended along the Castor River near Zalma and Grassy. Crooked Creek rose out of its banks, flooding part of Twin City Park. Some county roads were closed.
July 2022HailLeopold-no account filed
July 2016HailLeopold-no account filed
March 2004HailLeopold-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bollinger 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
Laflin2.4 miles19
Clippard3.0 miles18
Marble Hill4.1 miles19
Lutesville4.1 miles19
Huskey4.7 miles19
Glennon4.8 miles18
Drum5.1 miles18
Dongola6.4 miles18

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 LeopoldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3471577The 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 731602. 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.