BlockLewis, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Sylvania census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30467. It stands on Horsepen Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sylvania North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1920 USGS Hilltonia quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Hilltonia quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Millen quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Sylvania North quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
345 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 345 fires within 5 miles of Lewis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,152 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 42 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 | 202 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020SCREVEN005 |
| 23 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-SCREVEN-008 |
| 7 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lewis in 15 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 13 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis | $275,000 | Straight line wind damage was observed 3 miles north of Sylvania, Georgia, beginning near Bascom Road and continuing east across Burtons Ferry Highway before ending east of the intersection of Route 24 and Friendship Road. The total length of straight line wind damage was approximately 5 miles, with a maximum width of 1000 yards. Nearly 20 homes sustained significant damage occurred to the greens at Briar Creek Country Club. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted as well. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis | $3,000 | Several trees were blown down along Parker Road. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis | $1,500 | The public reported numerous pine tree branches down which ranging from 3 to 6 inches in diameter 5 miles south-southwest of Hilltonia, Georgia. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis | $500 | One tree was reported down on buttermilk road. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis | - | The Screven County Warning Point reported multiple trees down on Bascom Road near Country Club Road. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis | - | The Screven County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Buttermilk Road near the intersection with Bay Branch Road. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis | - | Screven County dispatch reported a power line down along Antioch Road. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis | - | The Screven County 911 Call Center reported a tree down near the intersection of Bascom Road and Lawton Road. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis | - | A tree was reported down near the intersection of Buttermilk Road and McDonald Road. |
| January 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Lewis | - | A National Weather Service storm survey team confirmed an EF-0 tornado in Screven County. The tornado touched down along Bay Branch Road, initially damaging a carport attached to a residence. This narrow tornado then followed a path toward the north-northeast, ripping metal roofing from 4 storage buildings and depositing some of this metal in trees on the north side of Buttermilk Road. The tornado then crossed Buttermilk Road and produced significant tree damage along a dirt road, then crossed an open field and produced additional tree damage along the tree line north o the ield before lifting. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis | - | Screven County 911 Call Center reported multiple trees down at the intersection of Winchester Road and Sunnyside Road. A separate report was received of hail damage to a passing vehicle but the hail size was unknown. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis | - | The Screven County 911 Call Center reported a tree down near the intersection of Buttermilk road and Parker Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis | - | Screven County dispatch reported a tree down on Victory Drive. |
| November 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis | - | A trained spotter reported several large Pecan tree limbs down near Lewis. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Lewis | - | A trained spotter reported quarter size hail. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326366. 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.