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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.

Levy within Mora County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

16 since 1994

Regional 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/undetermined8
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
27 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
11 August 2007Natural5.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
10 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,000 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionHORMIGA
4 June 2020Natural21 acresLas Vegas District20-40750605X
13 June 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSHUTZ
7 May 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLEVY
29 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined740 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMORA RANCH
20 May 2006Natural8,992 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLEVI

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mora County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Don Schutz PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Materials PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Mora County

Storms near this place

1 since 1999

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1999HailLevy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mora 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
Nolan (historical)5.5 miles8
Wagon Mound5.6 miles8
Ciruela11.6 miles13
Optimo15.0 miles13
Naranjos16.5 miles8
Ocate20.1 miles11
Shoemaker21.3 miles13
Cherry Valley (historical)22.0 miles13

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.