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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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Levant within Thomas County

Population over time

2 figures

Levant 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.

YearPeople Change
201061
202068+7 (+11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

5 since 2008

Regional 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/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
16 September 2018Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKansas Forest Service100
10 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service51
13 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreThomas County66
7 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresKansas Forest Service28
6 November 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,200 acresKansas CountiesLEVANT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Thomas County

Storms near this place

60 of 92 shown

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2000Thunderstorm WindLevant1 hurtVery 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 2023Thunderstorm WindLevant$94,000Report 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 2010Thunderstorm WindLevant$50,000On 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 2007Tornado (EF1)Levant$16,000Tornado 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 2022Thunderstorm WindLevant$12,000Straight line winds winds blew over a semi truck on I-70 near County Road 9.
June 2002Tornado (F1)Levant$2,500Weak tornado moved slowly north at approximately 15 mph, traveling mainly across open fields. An irrigation circle was damaged.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindLevant$1,000Straight-line winds caused damage to occur to a shed in the town of Levant.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindLevant$1,000Shingles were blown off a house roof.
May 2023Flash FloodLevant$500Emergency manager reported that county road 11 is covered 50 yards wide with near 6 inches of water.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindLevant-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 2024HailLevant-Dime to nickel sized hail reported.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLevant-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 2023HailLevant-Mostly quarter to golf ball sized hail observed.
May 2023Tornado (EFU)Levant-Brief tornado reported by spotters in Thomas County south of Levant, and south of Interstate 70. No damage was reported.
August 2023HailLevant-Report received of half dollar sized hail at location.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindLevant-Mesonet site reported a 59 mph thunderstorm wind gust at location.
August 2021HailLevant-Off-duty NWS employee reported quarter sized hail at location.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindLevant-Mesonet station KKSLEVAN3 recorded a 63 mph wind gust.
May 2016HailLevant-The hail stones were mostly nickel size with some quarter size hail mixed in.
September 2016HailLevant-The hail ranged from pea to golf ball in size.
July 2016HailLevant-Estimated time of report from radar.
June 2014HailLevant-Baseball size hail reported in town.
August 2013HailLevant-Hail reported to be covering the ground.
August 2013HailLevant-Report relayed via The Spotter Network.
August 2013HailLevant-Pea to penny size hail was reported covering the ground.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindLevant-Spotter estimated peak winds gusts to 60 mph.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindLevant-Public estimated the wind gusts to be near 60 MPH.
August 2011HailLevant-Newspaper photo showed a hailstone measuring 2.75 inches in diameter from a farm south of Levant.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindLevant-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 2010HailLevant-Time of report is estimated from Doppler radar.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindLevant-An eight inch diameter live tree branch was blown down.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindLevant-Ham radio operators estimated wind gusts to around 60 mph.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindLevant-Peak thunderstorm winds were estimated to be near 65 mph.
July 2008Flash FloodLevant-Spotter reported water one foot deep running over county road 10, draining into the Middle Fork of Sappa Creek.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindLevant-Semi-truck blown over along Interstate 70 and power pole down on Highway 25 in Thomas County.
April 2001Funnel CloudLevant-Rotating funnel captured on video.
June 1995HailLevant-Hail was accompanied by 55 mph winds.
June 1994HailLevant-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 2019HailLevant-no account filed
May 2018HailLevant-no account filed
June 2018HailLevant-no account filed
May 2017HailLevant-no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindLevant-no account filed
July 2017HailLevant-no account filed
September 2016HailLevant-no account filed
September 2016HailLevant-no account filed
September 2016HailLevant-no account filed
June 2014HailLevant-no account filed
June 2014HailLevant-no account filed
May 2013HailLevant-no account filed
August 2013HailLevant-no account filed
May 2012HailLevant-no account filed
August 2011HailLevant-no account filed
August 2011HailLevant-no account filed
August 2011HailLevant-no account filed
May 2010HailLevant-no account filed
June 2008HailLevant-no account filed
April 2008HailLevant-no account filed
May 2008HailLevant-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindLevant-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Thomas County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Colby7.6 miles9
Brewster9.7 miles8
Mingo14.4 miles7
Gem16.0 miles7
Brownville16.1 miles7
Halford17.2 miles7
Spica19.3 miles8
Breton20.7 miles7

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 LevantAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3886967The 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.