Levy, New Mexico
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Wagon Mound census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87752. The Survey maps it on the Wagon Mound quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Raton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Wagon Mound quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Springer quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Levy between 1994 and 2020, burning about 14,174 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 11 August 2007 | Natural | 5.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | not named |
| 10 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,000 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | HORMIGA |
| 4 June 2020 | Natural | 21 acres | Las Vegas District | 20-40750605X |
| 13 June 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SHUTZ |
| 7 May 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LEVY |
| 29 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 740 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MORA RANCH |
| 20 May 2006 | Natural | 8,992 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LEVI |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Levy: 9 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Schutz Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Levy in 1 storm report in 1999: 1 hail. 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 1999 | Hail | Levy | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nolan (historical) | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Wagon Mound | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Ciruela | 11.6 miles | 13 | |
| Optimo | 15.0 miles | 13 | |
| Naranjos | 16.5 miles | 8 | |
| Ocate | 20.1 miles | 11 | |
| Shoemaker | 21.3 miles | 13 | |
| Cherry Valley (historical) | 22.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 915854. 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.



