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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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Leeds within Benson County

Population over time

2 figures

Leeds 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.

YearPeople Change
2010427
2020442+15 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

6 since 1999

Regional 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1

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
8 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceTARANG FIRE
2 August 2019Smoking1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceWILL FIRE
4 May 2001Debris and open burning1.5 acresTurtle Mountain AgencyROAD
19 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service192019
13 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined180 acresNorth Dakota State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
29 October 1999Debris and open burning51 acresDevil's Lake Wetland Management DistrictFOX

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benson County

Storms near this place

60 of 74 shown

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2009FloodLeeds$2,000,000no account filed
July 2009FloodLeeds$2,000,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindLeeds$600,000A 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 2011FloodLeeds$250,000no account filed
August 2011FloodLeeds$250,000no account filed
June 2011FloodLeeds$200,000no account filed
May 2009FloodLeeds$10,000no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindLeeds$2,000A NOAA wind profiler at Leeds measured the 2 minute average sustained wind speed.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindLeeds$500Tree branches were blown down.
September 2025HailLeeds-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 2025HailLeeds-Social media report of hail up 1.25 inches.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindLeeds-Public reports large trees down in town. Time estimated.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindLeeds-Received a report of a 59 mph wind gust measured at a personal weather station.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindLeeds-Multiple trees were blown down in Leeds. Report was received via social media, with time estimated by radar.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindLeeds-This wind gust was reported by a ND DOT sensor.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindLeeds-Large branches were blown down.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindLeeds-Three to five inch diameter tree branches were blown down.
June 2017HailLeeds-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 2016Thunderstorm WindLeeds-The wind gust was measured by a Davis Weather System.
June 2016HailLeeds-Quarter to ping pong ball sized hail fell.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLeeds-Strong winds were reported in Leeds.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLeeds-The wind gust was measured by a personal weather station.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLeeds-Large tree branches and power lines were blown down in town.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindLeeds-The strong winds blew down large branches and caused minor crop damage.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindLeeds-Several six inch diameter branches were blown down near Leeds.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindLeeds-Several large tree branches were broken off and some smaller trees were bent over nearly to the ground.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindLeeds-A metal flag pole was bent over the strong winds.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindLeeds-The strong winds occurred near the Benson/Towner county line. Area crops were flattened.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindLeeds-Tree limbs were blown down.
July 2005HailLeeds-Dime to nickel sized hail fell along the Benson/Towner county line.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindLeeds-Several large tree branches were blown down.
June 2002Flash FloodLeeds-Roads and fields were flooded.
July 2002Tornado (F0)Leeds-A tornado touched down in open country.
July 2002Tornado (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 2002Flash FloodLeeds-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 2002Thunderstorm WindLeeds-Crops were flattened.
June 2000Tornado (F0)Leeds-The tornado passed through rural farmland.
June 2000Tornado (F0)Leeds-A brief tornado touchdown over open country was reported.
July 2000Flash FloodLeeds-Basement flooding was reported northeast of Leeds.
July 1997Flash FloodLeeds-Heavy rain caused city streets to quickly flood.
July 1997HailLeeds-Numerous grain fields were shredded.
July 1997Flash FloodLeeds-Many roads were under water because of the heavy rain.
June 2017HailLeeds-no account filed
July 2016HailLeeds-no account filed
July 2016HailLeeds-no account filed
July 2015HailLeeds-no account filed
July 2015HailLeeds-no account filed
April 2011FloodLeeds-no account filed
May 2011FloodLeeds-no account filed
July 2010FloodLeeds-no account filed
June 2010FloodLeeds-no account filed
June 2010HailLeeds-no account filed
June 2010HailLeeds-no account filed
May 2010FloodLeeds-no account filed
August 2010FloodLeeds-no account filed
August 2009FloodLeeds-no account filed
August 2006HailLeeds-no account filed
June 2003HailLeeds-no account filed
June 2002HailLeeds-no account filed
June 2002HailLeeds-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Benson 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
Niles4.7 miles6
York7.4 miles7
Brinsmade9.5 miles7
Harlow9.7 miles6
Comstock9.8 miles7
Tilden13.7 miles10
Knox13.9 miles7
Baker14.2 miles6

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 LeedsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2365261The 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.