LeRoy, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Leroy town. It lies in ZIP code area 53048. The Survey maps it on the Mayville North quadrangle. It stands 1,050 feet above sea level.
On record in LeRoy
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
St. Andrew's Churchlisted 2010
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1955 USGS Waupun quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Waupun SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Fond Du Lac quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Mayville North quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
4,088 words on this townshipThe History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Its Early Settlement, Growth ... an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Leroy Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Leroy Town - 4,088 words.
Fires near this place
27 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of LeRoy between 1994 and 2020, burning about 848 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Horicon National Wildlife Refuge | GRINDER WF |
| 15 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Horicon National Wildlife Refuge | SOUTH POINT WF |
| 16 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Horicon National Wildlife Refuge | BRUMMOND WF |
| 22 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Horicon National Wildlife Refuge | HODGE WF |
| 30 June 2005 | Natural | 2.1 acres | Horicon National Wildlife Refuge | DEADWOOD |
| 14 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Horicon National Wildlife Refuge | TRUCK WF |
| 13 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Horicon National Wildlife Refuge | FRAG WF |
| 12 June 2012 | Fireworks | under an acre | Horicon National Wildlife Refuge | BUD COOK WF |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of LeRoy: 4 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Calcium, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakfield Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Western Lime-Knowles Quarry | Calcium | Producer | ||
| El Dais Stone Company Plant | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Farmersville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Farmersville Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Lehner Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names LeRoy in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leroy | - | Horicon RAWS site. South to southeast wind gust of 73 mph. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leroy | - | Measured 61 mph at Horicon Marsh RAWS site. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Leroy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmersville | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Knowles | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Kekoskee | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Nasbro | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Brownsville | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Mayville | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Lomira | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Theresa | 7.0 miles | 9 |
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 LeRoy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6506406 | 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 1567988. 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.





