Lewiston Orchards, Idaho
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lewiston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83501. The Survey maps it on the Lewiston Orchards North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Lewiston Orchards quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Lewiston Orchards North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Orofino quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Lewiston Orchards between 1997 and 2020, burning about 217 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nez Perce Tribe | EVENTS |
| 8 August 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Nez Perce Tribe | CASINO |
| 6 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nez Perce Tribe | NORTH CASINO |
| 25 August 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Nez Perce Tribe | S & S |
| 21 August 1997 | Smoking | 34 acres | Nez Perce Tribe | HERCO |
| 17 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | GRANITE LANE |
| 17 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Nez Perce Tribe | SLEEPING CHIEF |
| 1 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Cottonwood Field Office | LARSON ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Lewiston Orchards: 8 producers, 5 past producers, 1 occurrence. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Flagstone, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkston Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| McGregor Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Tammany Creek Clay Occurrence No. 28 | Clay | Occurrence | Clay | |
| Barnes Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Kaufman Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Northwest Aggregates | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Asotin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Clarkston Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Duthie Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lewiston Orchards in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewiston Orchards | $7,000 | A highly localized microburst or possible gustnado resulted in minor damage of the Eagle Point subdivision approximately four miles east of downtown Lewiston. A section of a sheet metal roof was lifted off a two-story shop, a boat trailer was pushed into the outbuilding denting the sheet metal, three two-inch diameter trees were snapped, a travel trailer was knocked down, and lawn objects became airborne breaking one window of a house. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewiston Orchards | $5,000 | power lines blown down. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewiston Orchards | $3,000 | A severe thunderstorm in the Blue Mountains over Columbia County in Washington produced a gust front that pushed through the Lewiston area. Lewiston Orchards seemed to feel the brunt of this outflow boundary with wind gusts up to 45 mph recorded at the Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport. A few small trees were knocked over with trunks estimated at six to eight inches in diameter. Some small branches were broken off as well. |
| June 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Lewiston Orchards | - | A storm chaser reported a brief funnel cloud with an area of convection approaching the Lewiston area. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Lewiston Orchards | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Lewiston Orchards | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Lewiston Orchards | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley View Heights | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Forebay | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Lewiston | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Gurney | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| North Lewiston | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Hatwai | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Transfer | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Webb | 8.0 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q49356701 | The 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 396789. 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.
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.




