Leslie, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Boone Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63056. The Survey maps it on the Leslie quadrangle. 136 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 827 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLeslie fell from 171 to 136 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 | 171 | |
| 2020 | 136 | -35 (-20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1903 USGS Sullivan quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Union quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Union quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Leslie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Sullivan quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
67 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Leslie between 1994 and 2020, burning about 210 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 July 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 31 July 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 1 July 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 53 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Leslie: 51 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jess Laubinger S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Grabenthine Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Kleins Ore Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Leslie Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Pletz Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Temme Pit | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Adams Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leslie in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 5 hail, 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | $400 | The roof of the New Haven Police Department and radio tower suffered extensive damage. Large trees were also blown down and uprooted in the Leslie and Gerald areas. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees and tree limbs across Franklin County. North of Leslie, a large tree was blown down across Route C. In St. Clair, a road sign was blown down along I-44 and a large tree was blown down near the intersection of Highway 30 and Route PP. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | - | Several trees and power lines were blown down on Highway C north of Highway ZZ. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Leslie | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Leslie | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenstreet | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Beaufort | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Noser Mill | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Port Hudson | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Peters Ford | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Jaegers Shop | 4.7 miles | 21 | |
| Schmitt Ford | 4.7 miles | 20 | |
| Laubinger Ford | 5.3 miles | 20 |
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 Leslie | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q637684 | 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 720921. 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.









