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Levis, Wisconsin

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Garfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 54758. It stands on Jermstad Creek. The Survey maps it on the Price quadrangle. It stands 1,043 feet above sea level.

Levis within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

76 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Levis between 1994 and 2020, burning about 198 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
6 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.8 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 July 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMORNING FIRE
2 July 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 July 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 July 2010Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesPOPSIE'S FIRE
8 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson 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 Levis: 6 occurrences, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Hangartner Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Riverside Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Billy Tibbs Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
H Kittelson Sandstone DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
M Freng Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Oak Grove Road Sandstone Deposit #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Oak Grove Road Sandstone Deposit #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Thorson Road Shale DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Vernon Peterson Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
William Cox Sandstone & Shale SiteStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

8 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Levis in 8 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
December 2021Tornado (EF1)Levis$45,000This EF1 tornado developed in northeast Trempealeau County before moving into Jackson County near County Highway G southwest of Levis. The tornado continued to move northeast and dissipated along County Highway FF before reaching Interstate 94. Damage was primarily to trees with a couple of farm outbuildings also damaged.
October 2006HailLevis$15,000no account filed
December 2021Thunderstorm WindLevis$10,000Hundreds of pine trees were snapped off west of Levis.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindLevis$8,000Law enforcement reported numerous trees and power lines down across northern Jackson County.
July 2015HailLevis$5,000Up to tennis ball sized hail fell southeast of Osseo. The hail cracked sky lights on a home.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindLevis$2,000Trees were snapped off west of Levis.
October 2005Thunderstorm WindLevis$1,500no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindLevis-The public reported trees downed across County Road FF near Osseo.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Requa3.9 miles12
Price4.0 miles12
Northfield5.5 miles13
York6.5 miles13
North Branch8.4 miles13
Hixton11.6 miles13
Sechlerville12.1 miles13
Alma Center12.4 miles13

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 LevisAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6535687The 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 1577701. 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.