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Lewiston Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1890.

From the record

“The Lewiston Historic District, is a historic district in Lewiston, California. It is 15 acres (6.1 ha) which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.”

Wikipedia article Lewiston Historic District (Lewiston, California), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Trinity County · listed in 1989 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

Then and now

1890 to 1998

The ground this property stands on, 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 covering Lewiston Historic District, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet covering Lewiston Historic District, surveyed 1890

Fires near this property

148 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Lewiston Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,692 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/undetermined46
Equipment and vehicle use27
Natural22
Debris and open burning16
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking8
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

Every fire recorded in Trinity County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 107 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 107 workings within 5 miles of Lewiston Historic District: 43 past producers, 38 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

Maps showing this location

9 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

1 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Weaverville Historic District7.3 miles1971

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 88000550 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Trinity CountyAll 4 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • 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.