BlockLevi, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Waco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76655. The Survey maps it on the Robinson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 15 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.
- 1892 USGS Temple quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Robinson quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Temple quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
47 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Levi between 2008 and 2020, burning about 144 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE - CHINA SPRING |
| 30 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 29 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 2 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 2 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KENNETH PERERSON |
| 17 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | N/A |
| 5 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 101849 |
| 4 July 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Levi in 3 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 2 hail, 1 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosenthal | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Asa | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Lorena | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Downs | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Downsville | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Robinson | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Hewitt | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Bruceville | 7.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1361114. 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.