Levi, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Booneville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41314. It lies near Mine Knob. The Survey maps it on the Booneville quadrangle. It stands 830 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1891 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Booneville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Booneville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
386 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 386 fires within 5 miles of Levi between 1997 and 2020, burning about 7,157 acres in total. None started naturally. 72 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 168 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 115 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 72 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 26 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JACK GAP |
| 24 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | QUILLEN ROAD |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Levi in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2014: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Levi | - | A tree blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts was blocking Hwy 30 West in Levi. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Levi | - | A tree blocking both lanes of Hwy 30 East 2 miles west of Booneville. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Levi | - | Several trees were down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Neighborhood (historical) | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Elk Lick Neighborhood (historical) | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Pebworth | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Scoville | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Booneville | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Fish Creek Neighborhood (historical) | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Needmore Neighborhood (historical) | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Vincent | 2.9 miles | 14 |
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 Levi | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6535338 | 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 513349. 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.





