BlockLevert, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Sprott census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36756. It stands on Potato Patch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harrisburg quadrangle. It stands 180 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
75 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Levert between 1995 and 2019, burning about 2,073 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 70 acres | National Forests in Alabama | NO HELP |
| 25 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO ROAD 90, AL |
| 17 September 2000 | Natural | 25 acres | National Forests in Alabama | BULL BAT ROAD |
| 31 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | DOZER |
| 29 August 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 2019 | Natural | 31 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190820-4 |
| 12 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180812-2 |
| 27 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO RD 51, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Levert in 2 storm reports between 2020 and 2021: 2 tornado. 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 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Levert | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northeast Perry County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 80 mph. The tornado was embedded within a fast moving QLCS and touched down along J Mitchell Road in the Talladega National Forest. It traveled east-northeastward through the National Forest and crossed into Chilton County near Jim Foundry Road. Damage consisted mainly of snapped and uprooted trees. |
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Levert | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northern Perry County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 100 mph.||A tornado formed along County Road 9 about four miles north of the Sprott community in northern Perry County. The tornado tracked northeast and caused extensive tree damage along County Road 2, where the tornado strengthened to a maximum intensity of 100 mph. The Mount Pleasant Freewill Baptist Church had a portion of its roof removed, and the adjacent fellowship hall was destroyed. A short distance to the northeast, the tornado dissipated near Hodgens Road. |
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.
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 Levert | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21196463 | 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 159927. 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.
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.