Leesville, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Nixon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78122. It stands on Talley Branch. The Survey maps it on the Leesville quadrangle. It stands 377 feet above sea level.
On record in Leesville
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 1 record
Leesville Schoolhouselisted 1978
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1920 USGS Smiley quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Leesville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cuero quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Leesville between 2005 and 2018, burning about 2,066 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID NIXON |
| 15 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEESIVE HWY80 |
| 9 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 366 |
| 2 March 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEESIVILLE |
| 11 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 February 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE HWY 80 |
| 24 December 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leesville in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 5 hail, 4 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leesville | $80,000 | The bow-shaped line along the Hays-Guadalupe-Wilson Counties accelerated as it crossed into Caldwell and Gonzales Counties near 12:30 am CST. The storms were now producing widespread wind gusts of 60 to 70 knots, with spotty higher gusts approaching 80 knots. Again, most of the damage was in the form of trees blown down, with some damages to roofs of homes. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leesville | $1,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 50 mph which knocked down large tree limbs along FM 1682. |
| November 2025 | Hail | Leesville | - | A thunderstorm produced hail from pea to nickel size in Leesville. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Leesville | - | A thunderstorm produced two inch hail that broke windows on cars and houses in Leesville. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Leesville | - | Between 2 and 3 inches of rain fell in western Gonzales County, closing FM1117 due to flash flooding. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Leesville | - | A cluster of thunderstorms stretching from near Pearsall in Frio County across southern Bexar County and northern Atascosa County, through Seguin and Stockdale to Gonzales produced general 2 to 3 inch rain totals and spotty flash flooding problems. Highest rain amounts in Gonzales County were 4 inches near Leesville. US80 was closed south of Belmont, along with FM1117. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Leesville | - | A general rainfall of 2 to 3 inches was reported in western Gonzales County, with up to 5 inches near Leesville. US80 and FM466 were closed. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Leesville | - | Scattered storms in Gonzales and Wilson Counties dropped from 2 to 3 inches of rain, with up to 5 inches near Leesville. FM108 and FM466 were closed in Gonzales County due to flash flooding. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leesville | - | Trees were blown down by severe winds. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Leesville | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Leesville | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Leesville | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Leesville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dewville | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Bebe | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Schoolland | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Monthalia | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Belmont | 8.7 miles | 16 | |
| Nixon | 9.7 miles | 13 | |
| Wrightsboro | 9.8 miles | 10 | |
| Oak Forest | 10.6 miles | 11 |
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 Leesville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6516481 | 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 1339796. 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.




