Leslie, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Belmont town. It lies in ZIP code area 53510. It lies near Belmont Mound. The Survey maps it on the Mifflin quadrangle. It stands 1,161 feet above sea level.
On record in Leslie
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- First Capitollisted 1970 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1902 USGS Mineral Point quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Mifflin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Leslie between 2018 and 2020, burning about 1 acre 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2318 |
| 5 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2319 |
| 2 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1619 |
| 6 December 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20230 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 36 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Leslie: 23 past producers, 7 unknowns, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingeter | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | 1906 | |
| Negro Jim Mine | Lead, Barium-Barite, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena | |
| Reddy Seiling Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Upper Mississippi Valley Prospect | Zinc, Copper, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Belmont Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hardy Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Huggins Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Judkins Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Reddy Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Acme | Zinc | Past Producer | 1906, 1907 |
Storms near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leslie in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 3 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Leslie | $1,500,000 | A narrow path of EF1 tornado damage. Numerous trees and power poles down. A large calf barn was nearly completely destroyed, killing two calves. Several pole barns were completely destroyed. Minor roof damage to a couple homes. A garage blown off the foundation. |
| March 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Leslie | $300,000 | Damage was mainly to a barn lean-to which was distributed through a field behind the facility. Another barn had roofing damage going in the opposite direction on the same grounds. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leslie | $30,000 | The roof of a poll shed was removed. A couple campers were rolled by the wind onto the median of highway 151. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Leslie | $30,000 | Numerous downed trees and snapped trees through the woods. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Leslie | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Ipswich (historical) | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Elk Grove | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Truman | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Meekers Grove | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Slateford | 9.2 miles | 14 | |
| Jenkinsville | 9.4 miles | 13 | |
| Calamine | 11.0 miles | 12 |
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 Leslie | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6530574 | 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 1577699. 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.






