Leeds, North Dakota
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Leeds City. It lies in ZIP code area 58346. The Survey maps it on the Leeds quadrangle. 442 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,512 feet above sea level.
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Population over time
2 figuresLeeds grew from 427 to 442 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 | 427 | |
| 2020 | 442 | +15 (+4%) |
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.
- 1953 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Leeds quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Leeds quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Leeds between 1999 and 2019, burning about 242 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | TARANG FIRE |
| 2 August 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | WILL FIRE |
| 4 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Turtle Mountain Agency | ROAD |
| 19 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 192019 |
| 13 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 180 acres | North Dakota State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 29 October 1999 | Debris and open burning | 51 acres | Devil's Lake Wetland Management District | FOX |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 74 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leeds in 74 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 30 hail, 21 thunderstorm wind, 13 flood, 5 tornado. 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 2009 | Flood | Leeds | $2,000,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Flood | Leeds | $2,000,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | $600,000 | A large 80,000 bushel grain bin was blown down at the BTR elevator complex near the Niles railroad spur. A grain dryer and several smaller hopper bottom bins were also blown over. |
| July 2011 | Flood | Leeds | $250,000 | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Flood | Leeds | $250,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Flood | Leeds | $200,000 | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Flood | Leeds | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | $2,000 | A NOAA wind profiler at Leeds measured the 2 minute average sustained wind speed. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | $500 | Tree branches were blown down. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Leeds | - | Social media report - Time estimated via radar. Handful of nickel to quarter sized hail with one larger stone of at least half dollar size. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Leeds | - | Social media report of hail up 1.25 inches. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | - | Public reports large trees down in town. Time estimated. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | - | Received a report of a 59 mph wind gust measured at a personal weather station. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | - | Multiple trees were blown down in Leeds. Report was received via social media, with time estimated by radar. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | - | This wind gust was reported by a ND DOT sensor. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | - | Large branches were blown down. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | - | Three to five inch diameter tree branches were blown down. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Leeds | - | Pea to nickel sized hail covered the ground. A wall cloud was also visible to the south from this location around 730 pm CDT. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | - | The wind gust was measured by a Davis Weather System. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Leeds | - | Quarter to ping pong ball sized hail fell. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | - | Strong winds were reported in Leeds. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | - | The wind gust was measured by a personal weather station. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | - | Large tree branches and power lines were blown down in town. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | - | The strong winds blew down large branches and caused minor crop damage. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | - | Several six inch diameter branches were blown down near Leeds. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | - | Several large tree branches were broken off and some smaller trees were bent over nearly to the ground. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | - | A metal flag pole was bent over the strong winds. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | - | The strong winds occurred near the Benson/Towner county line. Area crops were flattened. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | - | Tree limbs were blown down. |
| July 2005 | Hail | Leeds | - | Dime to nickel sized hail fell along the Benson/Towner county line. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | - | Several large tree branches were blown down. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Leeds | - | Roads and fields were flooded. |
| July 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Leeds | - | A tornado touched down in open country. |
| July 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Leeds | - | A brief tornado touchdown snapped off several large tree branches. A farmer saw a brief swirling of dust near a tree row with a funnel above. |
| August 2002 | Flash Flood | Leeds | - | One lane of US Highway 2 near Leeds was closed due to the flooding rains. 200 feet of the westbound lane were closed until the water receded. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | - | Crops were flattened. |
| June 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Leeds | - | The tornado passed through rural farmland. |
| June 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Leeds | - | A brief tornado touchdown over open country was reported. |
| July 2000 | Flash Flood | Leeds | - | Basement flooding was reported northeast of Leeds. |
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Leeds | - | Heavy rain caused city streets to quickly flood. |
| July 1997 | Hail | Leeds | - | Numerous grain fields were shredded. |
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Leeds | - | Many roads were under water because of the heavy rain. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Leeds | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Leeds | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Leeds | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Leeds | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Leeds | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Flood | Leeds | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Flood | Leeds | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Flood | Leeds | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Flood | Leeds | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Leeds | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Leeds | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Flood | Leeds | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Flood | Leeds | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Flood | Leeds | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Leeds | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Leeds | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Leeds | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Leeds | - | 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 Leeds | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2365261 | 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 1029856. 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.
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.



