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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1933 USGS Marble Hill quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1937 USGS Marble Hill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Marble Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
12 since 1996Regional 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 burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 July 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 July 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 July 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 June 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Caldwell Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Hahn Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lutes Diggings | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Turley & Briggs Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lyley Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Menninger Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Morgan Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2004Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Leopold | $70,000 | This 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 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Leopold | $60,000 | Several 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 2023 | Hail | Leopold | $25,000 | The hail was reported to be at least the size of quarters. |
| October 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Leopold | $20,000 | The 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leopold | $8,000 | Widespread 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leopold | $1,000 | A canopy was blown away. |
| October 2009 | Flood | Leopold | - | 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 2022 | Hail | Leopold | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Leopold | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Leopold | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laflin | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Clippard | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Marble Hill | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Lutesville | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Huskey | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Glennon | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Drum | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Dongola | 6.4 miles | 18 |
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 Leopold | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3471577 | 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 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.










