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Lewis, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the West Liberty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32321. It lies near Red Hill. The Survey maps it on the Orange quadrangle.

Lewis within Liberty County

Then and now

1945 to 1990

The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lewis, surveyed 1990
Topographic sheet of Lewis, surveyed 1945

Compare 1945 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Lewis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,535 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 3 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
Natural18
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
23 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(39) HWY 333A FIRE
9 July 2011Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaHIGH STUMP
9 July 2000Natural28 acresNational Forests in FloridaMILL CREEK
7 July 2017Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaTWO BARREL
30 July 2006Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaWOLF
3 July 2009Natural9.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaTWO BARREL BRANCH
28 July 1998Natural75 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 July 1995Natural2.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaNIGHT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Liberty County

Storms near this place

1 since 2026

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lewis in 1 storm report in 2026: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
March 2026Thunderstorm WindLewis-A tree was down on CR-379 at Larkins Street.

Every storm recorded in Liberty 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
Orange2.0 miles15
Gunn Landing2.9 miles15
Mosquito Landing4.3 miles15
Estanifanulga (historical)5.1 miles15
Wilma6.5 miles13
Estiffanulga6.7 miles15
Kern6.9 miles13
Jensen Place7.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305941. 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.

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.