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Levant, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ellicott town. It lies in ZIP code area 14733. It stands on Chadakoin River. The Survey maps it on the Gerry quadrangle.

Levant within Chautauqua County

Then and now

1905 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Levant, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Levant, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

225 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 225 fires within 5 miles of Levant between 1993 and 2020, burning about 249 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 40 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined105
Arson/incendiarism40
Equipment and vehicle use26
Natural15
Debris and open burning14
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Smoking10
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2020Natural5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
29 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chautauqua County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Levant: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium. 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
Carborundum Co/ Falconer, N.Y.ZirconiumUnknown
Marsh PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Marsh PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oak Hill Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Oak Hill Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Woodlawn PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chautauqua County

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Levant in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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
September 2017Thunderstorm WindLevant$8,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees along Elmwood Avenue.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindLevant$2,000A report from MPING stated trees and power poles were downed.
August 2021Heavy RainLevant-Storm total rainfall that was reported during the entirety of the passage of the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred.

Every storm recorded in Chautauqua 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
Falconer1.3 miles17
Ross Mills2.8 miles17
Poland Center3.1 miles17
Jamestown3.8 miles17
Clark4.5 miles17
Kennedy4.5 miles17
Kimball Stand4.8 miles19
Arowley Manor5.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 955231. 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.