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Leeds, Utah

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hurricane census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84746. It lies near Big Hill. The Survey maps it on the Hurricane quadrangle. 864 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,481 feet above sea level.

Leeds within Washington County

On record in Leeds

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 2 records

Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Leeds grew from 820 to 864 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
2010820
2020864+44 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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.

Photographs

4 photographs, 2022

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Relics of the boom days in Silver Reef, a silver-mining ghost town, near the town of Leeds in southwest Utah
Relics of the boom days in Silver Reef, a silver-mining ghost town, near the town of Leeds in southwest Utah
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
The old Wells Fargo Express stagecoach office in Silver Reef, a silver-mining ghost town, near the town of Leeds in southwest Utah
The old Wells Fargo Express stagecoach office in Silver Reef, a silver-mining ghost town, near the town of Leeds in southwest Utah
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
The old and sturdy town jail in what is now in Silver Reef, a silver-mining ghost town in southwest Utah, was moved to the nearby town of Leeds and turned into an ice house after the mine's demise
The old and sturdy town jail in what is now in Silver Reef, a silver-mining ghost town in southwest Utah, was moved to the nearby town of Leeds and turned into an ice house after the mine's demise
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Relics of the boom days in Silver Reef, a silver-mining ghost town, near the town of Leeds in southwest Utah
Relics of the boom days in Silver Reef, a silver-mining ghost town, near the town of Leeds in southwest Utah
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

179 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Leeds between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,738 acres in total. 52 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined61
Natural52
Equipment and vehicle use28
Debris and open burning13
Recreation and ceremony9
Fireworks6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMM18 I15
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLEEDS ASST #2
7 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDixie National ForestLEEDS CREEK
7 September 2009Naturalunder an acreArizona Strip Field OfficeTOQUERVILLE ASSIST 2
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreDixie National ForestCAROLINA
6 September 2012Natural5.2 acresDixie National ForestHEATH WASH
6 September 1995Naturalunder an acreDixie National ForestITALIAN SPRING
5 September 2012Naturalunder an acreDixie National ForestSILVER REEF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 103 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 103 workings within 5 miles of Leeds: 73 past producers, 12 occurrences, 7 producers, 7 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chloride ChiefSilver, Uranium, Copper, VanadiumPast ProducerCarnotite, Cerargyrite, Malachite, Vanadinite
Hot Rock #1Uranium, Vanadium, SilverPast ProducerUnderground
Hot Rock No.1Vanadium, Silver, UraniumPast Producer
NevadaCopper, Uranium, SilverPast Producer
Newton Mine - NicholsSilver, Uranium, CopperProspectUnderground
Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Sandstone QuarrySilicaPast Producer
Vanderbilt No.5 MinesSilver, Copper, UraniumPast Producer
East Section 27 ProspectGemstoneOccurrencePetrified Wood
East Section 27 ProspectGemstoneOccurrencePetrified Wood

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

13 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leeds in 13 storm reports between 2005 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 hail. 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
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLeeds-The WHITE REEF RAWS station recorded a wind gust of 63 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindLeeds-The White Reef RAWS mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 61 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindLeeds-The WHITE REEF RAWS station recorded a wind gust of 61 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindLeeds-Mesonet station WRRU1 White Reef recorded a wind gust of 61 mph.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindLeeds-The White Reef automated weather station recorded a peak wind gust of 61 mph.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindLeeds-The White Reef sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 58 mph.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindLeeds-The White Reef RAWS recorded a peak wind gust of 60 mph.
September 2014Flash FloodLeeds-Minor flash flooding was reported in Gould's Wash near Quail Creek Reservoir.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindLeeds-The White Reef RAWS recorded a maximum wind gust of 65 mph.
July 2012Flash FloodLeeds-Flash flooding was reported in some drainages near Hurricane, Utah.
August 2005Flash FloodLeeds-over 1.5" in one hour caused street flooding as well as minor damage to some basements. No damage est given.
August 2005Flash FloodLeeds-Campground flooded near Quail Creek...campers evacuated
August 2005HailLeeds-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Silver Reef1.1 miles18
Harrisburg2.9 miles17
Toquerville4.1 miles18
Anderson Junction4.2 miles18
LaVerkin5.4 miles17
Hurricane5.7 miles17
Harrisburg Junction6.5 miles17
Pintura8.4 miles18

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 Q482468The 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 1442480. 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.

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.