BlockLewiston, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Mantua-West Greene census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35462. It stands on Carpenters Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Ridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS West Point quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS West Point quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS West Point quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Pleasant Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS West Point quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Lewiston between 1996 and 2020, burning about 452 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170930-2 |
| 3 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20150803-001 |
| 3 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 2000 | Natural | 41 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 June 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lewiston: 2 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Lumber Co. Prospect | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Gre 3 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Lewiston Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pickens Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morrows Grove | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| Pleasant Ridge | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Mantua | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Union | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Ridge | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Snoddy | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| West Greene | 8.8 miles | 7 | |
| Clinton | 8.9 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 121529. 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.