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Lewiston, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Weaverville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96052. It lies near Hoadley Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Lewiston quadrangle. 1,222 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,814 feet above sea level.

Lewiston within Trinity County

Then and now

1890 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lewiston, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Lewiston, surveyed 1890

Compare 1890 against another survey:

On record in Lewiston

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Lewiston grew from 1,193 to 1,222 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
20101,193
20201,222+29 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 27 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

151 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Lewiston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,697 acres in total. 22 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined47
Equipment and vehicle use27
Natural22
Debris and open burning17
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking9
Arson/incendiarism8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1

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 1997Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitLIGHTNING #24
9 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitWEAVER
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictLEWISTON
7 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresShasta-Trinity UnitDIRT
6 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictBREMER
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National ForestEASTMAN
4 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShasta-Trinity UnitTRINITY #2
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreShasta-Trinity National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 108 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 108 workings within 5 miles of Lewiston: 42 past producers, 40 unknowns, 15 occurrences, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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
Brown Bear MineGold, Iron, Zinc, Arsenic, Manganese, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Sphalerite
DaisyGold, Lead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
French Gulch-Deadwood-Brown BearGold, SilverProducer
Grass Valley CreekMolybdenumOccurrence
JuneGold, Silver, CopperProducer
Lary MineGold, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold
Last ChanceGold, Lead, Zinc, ArsenicPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Sphalerite
LewistonGold, PlatinumProducer1912
Limekiln GulchLimestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Paymaster MineGold, Lead, Copper, SilverPast ProducerGalena, Gold

Every working recorded in Trinity 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
Bucktail2.3 miles27
Deadwood4.0 miles26
Keno (historical)6.0 miles27
Weaverville7.3 miles26
Fairview7.8 miles27
Douglas City8.2 miles26
Cedar Stock9.7 miles27
Pinewood Cove9.7 miles27

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 LewistonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2394912The 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 277538. 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.