Levasy, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Fort Osage Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64066. It stands on Shumate Branch. The Survey maps it on the Buckner quadrangle. 77 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 712 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLevasy fell from 83 to 77 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 | 83 | |
| 2020 | 77 | -6 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1894 USGS Independence quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Buckner quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Buckner quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Buckner quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
3,445 words on this townshipThe History of Jackson County, Missouri, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Jackson County in the Late War... History of Missouri, Map of Jackson County .., published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Fort Osage Township covers boundaries and general features, the oldest township in the county, pioneers of ft. osage township, general sibley, fort sibley, town of sibley laid out in 1836.
Read the chapter on Fort Osage Township - 3,445 words.
Fires near this place
21 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Levasy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 109 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 30 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.3 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176663-04828-04232018-1634 |
| 15 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190461-04828-04152020-1420 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Levasy: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckner Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Prock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Winfrey Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Levasy in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Levasy | $50,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds blew the roof off of a trailer in Levasy and took the garage door off a house. Minor crop damage was also reported. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Levasy | $50,000 | Several large trees were blown down, some of which damaged parked cars. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Levasy | - | Minor property damage from strong thunderstorm winds at a residence north of Oak Grove. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Levasy | - | Downed wires near Webb Road south of Napoleon. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Levasy | - | An EF0 tornado developed from the same mesovortex that produced the Grain Valley tornado a few minutes later. The tornado began north of Oak Grove, damaging trees at several farm residences along Hudnall Road and Doris Neer Road in far eastern Jackson County. The tornado moved northeast in northwestern Lafayette County, uprooting a tree along Old Santa Fe Trail and damaging several others northeast to State Highway 24. Utility wires were damaged by the tornado along the highway as well. The tornado then moved northeast, crossing Chestnut Street south of Napoleon. An outbuilding was damaged, and several trees were downed or snapped near their tops along this stretch. The tornado appears to have dissipated as it approached Napoleon, with only minor damage to tree limbs observed south of State Highway 224. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckner | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Sibley | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Hiler | 5.4 miles | 21 | |
| Lake City | 6.7 miles | 23 | |
| Pink Hill | 6.8 miles | 21 | |
| Oak Grove | 9.0 miles | 21 | |
| Grain Valley | 9.0 miles | 21 | |
| Blue Mills | 9.1 miles | 24 |
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 Levasy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q963737 | 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 720926. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.








