Lewis, Kansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Wayne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67552. The Survey maps it on the Lewis quadrangle. 400 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,146 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLewis fell from 451 to 400 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 451 | |
| 2020 | 400 | -51 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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.
- 1889 USGS Kinsley quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Kinsley quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Kinsley quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1955 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Lewis quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Kinsley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
60 of 70 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lewis in 70 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 50 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 4 heavy rain. 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 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis | $1,800,000 | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis | $5,000 | Power lines were blown down along a 1/2 mile stretch of a road. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis | $4,000 | A roof was blown off of a house. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Tornado (EF2) | Lewis | - | The tornado began between I and H road near 170th avenue, moving north before curving slightly west crossing highway 56 and dissipating and dissipating around 2 miles northwest of Garfield. Trees were uprooted, irrigation pivots were flipped, power lines and poles were damages and Tree trunks were snapped. |
| October 2023 | Hail | Lewis | - | The Emergency manager reported that up to 70 percent of homes in Lewis sustained broken windows and/or damaged siding due to wind driven hail. South side of structures sustained damage, two patrol vehicles, along with numerous other vehicles. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF2) | Lewis | - | This tornado developed on the north edge of Lewis and then eventually moved into Pawnee County at 2131 LST. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Lewis | - | This tornado moved south-southwest and did not travel across anything to damage. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis | - | A semi was blown over by high wind. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis | - | Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH. Penny sized hail accompanied the high wind. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Lewis | - | Wind gusts to 70 MPH also occurred with the hail. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis | - | There was roof damage in Lewis and several power poles were blown down. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis | - | A power pole was blown down. |
| July 2007 | Heavy Rain | Lewis | - | Rainfall of 3.25 inches was reported. |
| July 2007 | Heavy Rain | Lewis | - | Three and one half inches of rainfall was reported. |
| July 2005 | Heavy Rain | Lewis | - | 2.50" of rain fell in 2 hours. |
| July 2005 | Heavy Rain | Lewis | - | 5.24" of rain fell in 3.5 hours. The basement was flooded. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Lewis | - | Only a few hail stones but they were big. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis | - | Two to three inch diameter tree limbs blown down |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Lewis | - | Reported by three seperate storm spotters. Nothing in the area to damage. |
| March 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Lewis | - | This tornado entered the county from Kiowa county where it began at 402 PM. The tornado destroyed a center pivot sprinkler 5 miles south of Centerview and another 2.5 northeast of Centerview. Power poles were brought down 4 miles southeast of Centerview. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Lewis | - | Hail smashed numerous building and vehicle windows. A hospital had to be evacuated when broken windows allowed heavy rain to flood the facilities. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Lewis | - | Water rose fast everywhere covering some roads. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| October 2023 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Lewis | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nettleton | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Belpre | 8.1 miles | 18 | |
| Centerview | 8.4 miles | 18 | |
| Kinsley | 8.4 miles | 18 | |
| Williams (historical) | 9.3 miles | 18 | |
| Fellsburg | 9.5 miles | 18 | |
| Hodges | 10.8 miles | 19 | |
| Trousdale | 12.2 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Lewis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1980514 | 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 473549. 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.
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.






