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.
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
Leeds CCC Camp Historic Districtlisted 1993
Leeds Tithing Officelisted 1985
Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records
- Charles Wilkinson House, Leedsfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- William Stirling House, Leedsfederal building survey, 1 photograph
Population over time
2 figuresLeeds 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 820 | |
| 2020 | 864 | +44 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1885 USGS St. George quadrangle1:250000
- 1891 USGS St. George quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Hurricane quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS La Verkin 3 NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Cedar City quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS St. George quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Hurricane quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
4 photographs, 2022Taken 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.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
179 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 61 |
| Natural | 52 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | MM18 I15 |
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LEEDS ASST #2 |
| 7 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | LEEDS CREEK |
| 7 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Strip Field Office | TOQUERVILLE ASSIST 2 |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | CAROLINA |
| 6 September 2012 | Natural | 5.2 acres | Dixie National Forest | HEATH WASH |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | ITALIAN SPRING |
| 5 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Dixie National Forest | SILVER REEF |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 103 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chloride Chief | Silver, Uranium, Copper, Vanadium | Past Producer | Carnotite, Cerargyrite, Malachite, Vanadinite | |
| Hot Rock #1 | Uranium, Vanadium, Silver | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Hot Rock No.1 | Vanadium, Silver, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Nevada | Copper, Uranium, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Newton Mine - Nichols | Silver, Uranium, Copper | Prospect | Underground | |
| Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sandstone Quarry | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Vanderbilt No.5 Mines | Silver, Copper, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| East Section 27 Prospect | Gemstone | Occurrence | Petrified Wood | |
| East Section 27 Prospect | Gemstone | Occurrence | Petrified Wood |
Storms near this place
13 since 2005Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | - | 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | - | 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | - | 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | - | Mesonet station WRRU1 White Reef recorded a wind gust of 61 mph. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | - | The White Reef automated weather station recorded a peak wind gust of 61 mph. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | - | The White Reef sensor recorded a peak wind gust of 58 mph. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | - | The White Reef RAWS recorded a peak wind gust of 60 mph. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Leeds | - | Minor flash flooding was reported in Gould's Wash near Quail Creek Reservoir. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leeds | - | The White Reef RAWS recorded a maximum wind gust of 65 mph. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Leeds | - | Flash flooding was reported in some drainages near Hurricane, Utah. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Leeds | - | over 1.5" in one hour caused street flooding as well as minor damage to some basements. No damage est given. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Leeds | - | Campground flooded near Quail Creek...campers evacuated |
| August 2005 | Hail | Leeds | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Reef | 1.1 miles | 18 | |
| Harrisburg | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Toquerville | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Anderson Junction | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| LaVerkin | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Hurricane | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Harrisburg Junction | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Pintura | 8.4 miles | 18 |
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 Leeds | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q482468 | 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 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.








