Level Plains, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Daleville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36322. The Survey maps it on the Enterprise quadrangle. 1,825 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 315 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLevel Plains fell from 2,085 to 1,825 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 | 2,085 | |
| 2020 | 1,825 | -260 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1942 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:125000
- 1950 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Level Plains between 1994 and 2019, burning about 105 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190924-5 |
| 19 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CR 167, AL |
| 22 May 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 March 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 March 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 March 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20130316-004 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Level Plains: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Deposit | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Level Plains in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Level Plains | $20,000 | Winds overturned a mobile home and damaged several others. |
| January 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Level Plains | $3,000 | Trees and power lines down across Level Plains. |
| January 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Level Plains | $3,000 | Power lines and trees were blown down across the road. |
| November 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Level Plains | $3,000 | Numerous trees were blown down across the county. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Level Plains | $3,000 | The Dale County 911 call center reported that at least two trees were blown down in Level Plains and power was out in the area. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Level Plains | $2,000 | A tree was blown down onto a power line in the back yard of a residence in Level Plains. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Level Plains | $2,000 | Trees were blown down onto power lines on CR 709 near Level Plains near the Dollar General Store. |
| July 2012 | Lightning | Level Plains | $1,000 | The Dale county 911 call center reported that a house was hit by lightning in Level Plains. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Level Plains | - | A tree was blown down on County Road 1 South. |
| January 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Level Plains | - | The public reported a measured wind gust of 74 mph in Level Plains. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Level Plains | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Level Plains | - | A pole was blown down in Level Plains. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Level Plains | - | A tree was blown down in Level Plains. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Level Plains | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Country Estates | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Holiday Village | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Daleville | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Munson Heights | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bowden Terrace | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Clayhatchee | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Allen Heights | 5.6 miles | 13 |
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 Level Plains | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q68454 | 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 152024. 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.






