Leedsville, New York
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Amenia town. It lies in ZIP code area 12501. It stands on Indian Lake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Amenia quadrangle.
Then and now
1899 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Leedsville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Lewis Mumford Houselisted 1999 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 28 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.
- 1899 USGS Millbrook quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Millbrook quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Amenia quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Waterbury quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
105 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Leedsville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 69 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Connecticut Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Connecticut Division of Forestry | 11 WILLIAMS RD |
| 9 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Connecticut Division of Forestry | WEST WOODS ROAD #1 |
| 19 August 2016 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 16 August 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Connecticut Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Leedsville: 19 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Iron, Manganese, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartzite Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Smithfield Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| General Bush Copper Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| General Bush Copper Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Amenia Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1825, 1835 | |
| Amenia Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1760 | |
| Indian Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Limonite | |
| Manhattan Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Manhattan Sharon Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Limonite | |
| Amenia Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Station | 2.0 miles | 27 | |
| Amenia | 2.3 miles | 28 | |
| Coleman Station | 3.2 miles | 27 | |
| South Amenia | 4.1 miles | 28 | |
| Wassaic | 4.3 miles | 28 | |
| Smithfield | 5.0 miles | 27 | |
| Northeast | 5.1 miles | 27 | |
| Northeast Center | 5.4 miles | 27 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122548026 | 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 972713. 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.









