BlockBefore

Leeds, South Carolina

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Chester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29031. It stands on Mountain Creek. The Survey maps it on the Leeds quadrangle.

Leeds within Chester County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

63 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Leeds between 1992 and 2019, burning about 909 acres in total. 13 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/undetermined24
Debris and open burning16
Natural13
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Equipment and vehicle use4
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
3 September 2007Debris and open burning84 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2001Debris and open burning8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2002Smoking2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chester County

Storms near this place

14 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leeds in 14 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 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
February 2020Flash FloodLeeds$50,000Newspaper reported multiple streams overflowed their banks, inundating, and in some cases washing out multiple roads in western Chester County after up to 5 inches of rain fell in 24 hours, with much of that falling during the morning and early afternoon of the 6th.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindLeeds-County comms reported numerous trees blown down across Chester County.
November 2023Tornado (EF0)Leeds-NWS storm survey found the path of a very brief and weak tornado that touched down along Breeland Dr just off Leeds Rd. Damage consisted of a few downed large tree limbs and one split tree. Path length was estimated due to inaccessibility beyond Breeland Dr.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindLeeds-County comms reported two trees blown down on Minnow Bridge Rd.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindLeeds-County comms reported numerous trees blown down throughout the county.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindLeeds-County comms reported multiple trees blown down along Highway 121/72 in western Chester County.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindLeeds-Numerous large tree limbs were blown down in the Leeds area.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindLeeds-Numerous trees were blown down in the southwest part of Chester County.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLeeds-Trees were blown down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindLeeds-Several trees down along highway 215 south of Leeds.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindLeeds-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindLeeds-no account filed
May 1996HailLeeds-no account filed
May 1996HailLeeds-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chester 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
Sandy River4.1 miles12
Baton Rouge5.4 miles12
Mountain Lakes7.5 miles12
Wilksburg8.0 miles13
Springwood Lakes9.2 miles13
Gayle Mill9.7 miles13
Hilltop Acres10.8 miles13
Cedar Grove10.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1229897. 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.