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Lewiston, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Gordon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31031. The Survey maps it on the James quadrangle.

Lewiston within Wilkinson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

368 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 368 fires within 5 miles of Lewiston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,202 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 49 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 burning210
Arson/incendiarism49
Smoking26
Equipment and vehicle use23
Recreation and ceremony19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance7

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
8 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WILKINSON-006
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism56 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism16 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism24 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WILKINSON-009
30 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wilkinson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Lewiston: 13 past producers, 9 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin, Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, Free, Clay. 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
Gordon PitClayOccurrence
Hardie MineFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Sandersville-MaconAluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, FreeProspect1902, 1961
Columbia MineAluminum, KaolinPast Producer
Fitzpatrick MineAluminum, KaolinPast Producer
Cannon MineKaolinPast Producer
Crosby No. 3 MineKaolinPast Producer
Crosby No. 4 MineKaolinPast Producer
Crosby No. 5 MineKaolinPast Producer
Crosby-Moore MineKaolinPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wilkinson 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
Brooks1.4 miles10
Gordon3.8 miles10
Massey Hill3.9 miles9
Ivey5.9 miles10
Clayfields8.5 miles9
Carr Corners (historical)9.6 miles12
Dedrich9.6 miles13
Mount Carmel (historical)10.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326368. 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.