Levant, Kansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1985. It stands in East Hale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67743. The Survey maps it on the Levant quadrangle. 68 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,310 feet above sea level.
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Population over time
2 figuresLevant grew from 61 to 68 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 | 61 | |
| 2020 | 68 | +7 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1943 USGS Colby quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Goodland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Goodland quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Goodland quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Levant quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Goodland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Levant between 2008 and 2018, burning about 1,302 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 100 |
| 10 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 51 |
| 13 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Thomas County | 66 |
| 7 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 28 |
| 6 November 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,200 acres | Kansas Counties | LEVANT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 92 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Levant in 92 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 59 hail, 27 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Levant | 1 hurt | Very strong Thunderstorm Winds over 60 MPH caused a semi-truck to overturn near Mile Marker 36 in Thomas County. The driver of the truck sustained minor injuries. Also, there were numerous reports of Golfball size Hail. Damage unknown. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Levant | $94,000 | Report received of 12 power poles snapped off near Road 9 and Road S northwest of Levant, KS by thunderstorm wind gusts. A big blue spruce tree was reported to have been uprooted as well. Time is radar estimated. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Levant | $50,000 | On eastbound I-70 at mile marker 43 near Levant, a parked semi was overturned into the east bound traffic lanes. No injuries were reported. |
| April 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Levant | $16,000 | Tornado developed 3.5 miles NW of Levant and continued into southern Rawlins county. No farmsteads were affected, but power pole damage occurred near Roads W, 12 and Roads AA, 14. Tree damage also reported along the path. In Thomas county, the tornado began near Roads U, 9 and exited into Rawlins county near Roads EE, 17. Total path length of tornado was 15.5 miles through the two counties. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Levant | $12,000 | Straight line winds winds blew over a semi truck on I-70 near County Road 9. |
| June 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Levant | $2,500 | Weak tornado moved slowly north at approximately 15 mph, traveling mainly across open fields. An irrigation circle was damaged. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Levant | $1,000 | Straight-line winds caused damage to occur to a shed in the town of Levant. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Levant | $1,000 | Shingles were blown off a house roof. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Levant | $500 | Emergency manager reported that county road 11 is covered 50 yards wide with near 6 inches of water. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Levant | - | Social media report of wind gusts up to 70 mph and quarter mile visibility in blowing dust. These were both associated with the outflow from thunderstorms. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Levant | - | Dime to nickel sized hail reported. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Levant | - | Twitter (X) report of winds of at least 60 mph along with small hail and very heavy rain. Also reported that the winds lasted for at least a half hour. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Levant | - | Mostly quarter to golf ball sized hail observed. |
| May 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Levant | - | Brief tornado reported by spotters in Thomas County south of Levant, and south of Interstate 70. No damage was reported. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Levant | - | Report received of half dollar sized hail at location. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Levant | - | Mesonet site reported a 59 mph thunderstorm wind gust at location. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Levant | - | Off-duty NWS employee reported quarter sized hail at location. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Levant | - | Mesonet station KKSLEVAN3 recorded a 63 mph wind gust. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Levant | - | The hail stones were mostly nickel size with some quarter size hail mixed in. |
| September 2016 | Hail | Levant | - | The hail ranged from pea to golf ball in size. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Levant | - | Estimated time of report from radar. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Levant | - | Baseball size hail reported in town. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Levant | - | Hail reported to be covering the ground. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Levant | - | Report relayed via The Spotter Network. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Levant | - | Pea to penny size hail was reported covering the ground. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Levant | - | Spotter estimated peak winds gusts to 60 mph. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Levant | - | Public estimated the wind gusts to be near 60 MPH. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Levant | - | Newspaper photo showed a hailstone measuring 2.75 inches in diameter from a farm south of Levant. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Levant | - | Live five to six inch tree limbs were blown down. Pea sized hail was mixed with the rain which totaled 1.13 inches in 25 minutes. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Levant | - | Time of report is estimated from Doppler radar. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Levant | - | An eight inch diameter live tree branch was blown down. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Levant | - | Ham radio operators estimated wind gusts to around 60 mph. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Levant | - | Peak thunderstorm winds were estimated to be near 65 mph. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Levant | - | Spotter reported water one foot deep running over county road 10, draining into the Middle Fork of Sappa Creek. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Levant | - | Semi-truck blown over along Interstate 70 and power pole down on Highway 25 in Thomas County. |
| April 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Levant | - | Rotating funnel captured on video. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Levant | - | Hail was accompanied by 55 mph winds. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Levant | - | Hail three-quarters inch in diamter reported 4 N Levant at 2000 CST. Hail 1.25 inch in diameter reported 6 NNE of Levant at 2005 CST. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Levant | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Levant | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Levant | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Levant | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Levant | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Levant | - | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Hail | Levant | - | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Hail | Levant | - | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Hail | Levant | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Levant | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Levant | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Levant | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Levant | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Levant | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Levant | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Levant | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Levant | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Levant | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Levant | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Levant | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Levant | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Levant | - | 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.
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 Levant | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3886967 | 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 471192. 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.





