BlockLevis, California
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Mendota census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93640. The Survey maps it on the Levis quadrangle. It stands 210 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1923 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 59 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1923 USGS Levis quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Tranquillity quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Levis quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Levis quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Mendota quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
88 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Levis between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,619 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | 8412 |
| 29 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | LINCOLN |
| 27 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | NEBRASKA |
| 24 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 800 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | ADAMS |
| 23 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | FKU-10404 |
| 19 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | MATEO |
| 8 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | DERRICK |
| 8 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | S DERRICK BL MENDOTA 5 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panoche Junction | 6.9 miles | 17 | |
| Fresno City (historical) | 8.1 miles | 18 | |
| Tranquillity | 8.3 miles | 18 | |
| Three Rocks | 8.4 miles | 17 | |
| Mendota | 9.1 miles | 20 | |
| Cantua Creek | 9.7 miles | 18 | |
| Giffen Cantua Ranch | 10.3 miles | 23 | |
| Ingle | 10.4 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.
| Wikidata item Q6535685 | 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 252724. 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.