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Levan, Utah

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Nephi census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84639. It lies near Rock Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Levan quadrangle. 862 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,315 feet above sea level.

Levan within Juab County

Population over time

2 figures

Levan grew from 841 to 862 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.

YearPeople Change
2010841
2020862+21 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Levan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,357 acres in total. 70 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
Natural70
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Debris and open burning3
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeKILO
6 September 1995Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National ForestQUARRY
6 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPAINTER FIRE
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresRichfield Field OfficeMM 33
5 September 1995Natural4.0 acresManti-Lasal National ForestDEEP CANYON 2
5 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDEEP CANYON
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreManti-Lasal National ForestSPRING CANYON
4 September 2015Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeDEEP CANYON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Juab County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Levan: 12 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Levan QuarryGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Unknown Gypsum MineGypsum-AnhydritePast ProducerSedimentary
Unknown Gypsum MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Unknown QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast ProducerSedimentary
Unknown QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #12011Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #12013Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #12026Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #12027Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ut Dept of Hwys Pit #12029Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Juab County

Storms near this place

8 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Levan in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2014Flash FloodLevan$25,000Heavy rain fell on an actively burning fire near Levan and caused a debris flow. Mud and debris flowed onto State Route 28 between Levan and Gunnison, shutting down a 12 mile stretch of the road. Flood waters also washed out a campground, and flooded one basement.
July 2014Flash FloodLevan$5,000Heavy rain on a burn scar near Levan caused a debris flow for the second time in three days. Debris slid onto a portion of State Route 28, temporarily closing the road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindLevan-The Horse Haven mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 58 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLevan-The Horse Haven mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 58 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
September 2005HailLevan-large hail destroyed local gardens and knocked leaves off trees. Hail accumulated to 4-5 inches in some spots.
August 2003Tornado (F0)Levan-A small tornado touched down near State Route 28 between Levan and Yuba Lake in Juab County. A UHP Trooper reported that the width was 100 feet, and that it stayed on the ground for one minute, picking up rocks and shrubs before dissipating.
May 2000HailLevan-A severe thunderstorm dropped 3/4 inch hail in Levan and produced estimated wind gusts of 50-60mph.
June 1996HailLevan-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Juab 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
Sharp4.7 miles19
Juab5.0 miles19
Mills10.2 miles16
Nephi10.6 miles21
Gypsum Mill11.1 miles21
Parley14.8 miles15
Soma16.0 miles15
Mona17.8 miles19

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 LevanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q482809The 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 1442564. 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.