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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.

Lewis within Edwards County

Population over time

2 figures

Lewis 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.

YearPeople Change
2010451
2020400-51 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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.

Storms near this place

60 of 70 shown

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1996Thunderstorm WindLewis$1,800,000no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindLewis$5,000Power lines were blown down along a 1/2 mile stretch of a road.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindLewis$4,000A roof was blown off of a house.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindLewis$2,000no account filed
May 2025Tornado (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 2023HailLewis-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 2019Tornado (EF2)Lewis-This tornado developed on the north edge of Lewis and then eventually moved into Pawnee County at 2131 LST.
May 2019Tornado (EFU)Lewis-This tornado moved south-southwest and did not travel across anything to damage.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindLewis-A semi was blown over by high wind.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindLewis-Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH. Penny sized hail accompanied the high wind.
August 2011HailLewis-Wind gusts to 70 MPH also occurred with the hail.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindLewis-There was roof damage in Lewis and several power poles were blown down.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindLewis-A power pole was blown down.
July 2007Heavy RainLewis-Rainfall of 3.25 inches was reported.
July 2007Heavy RainLewis-Three and one half inches of rainfall was reported.
July 2005Heavy RainLewis-2.50" of rain fell in 2 hours.
July 2005Heavy RainLewis-5.24" of rain fell in 3.5 hours. The basement was flooded.
June 2005HailLewis-Only a few hail stones but they were big.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindLewis-Two to three inch diameter tree limbs blown down
June 2001Tornado (F0)Lewis-Reported by three seperate storm spotters. Nothing in the area to damage.
March 2000Tornado (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 1995HailLewis-Hail smashed numerous building and vehicle windows. A hospital had to be evacuated when broken windows allowed heavy rain to flood the facilities.
May 1995HailLewis-Water rose fast everywhere covering some roads.
May 2023HailLewis-no account filed
July 2023HailLewis-no account filed
October 2023HailLewis-no account filed
September 2021HailLewis-no account filed
September 2021HailLewis-no account filed
September 2021HailLewis-no account filed
August 2021HailLewis-no account filed
June 2020HailLewis-no account filed
June 2020HailLewis-no account filed
September 2019HailLewis-no account filed
May 2018HailLewis-no account filed
July 2015HailLewis-no account filed
June 2011HailLewis-no account filed
June 2008HailLewis-no account filed
April 2008HailLewis-no account filed
June 2007HailLewis-no account filed
May 2007HailLewis-no account filed
April 2006HailLewis-no account filed
April 2006HailLewis-no account filed
April 2006HailLewis-no account filed
May 2006HailLewis-no account filed
July 2005HailLewis-no account filed
July 2005HailLewis-no account filed
July 2005HailLewis-no account filed
July 2005HailLewis-no account filed
June 2004HailLewis-no account filed
June 2004HailLewis-no account filed
May 2002HailLewis-no account filed
May 2001HailLewis-no account filed
May 2001HailLewis-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindLewis-no account filed
September 2000HailLewis-no account filed
September 2000HailLewis-no account filed
July 2000HailLewis-no account filed
May 1999HailLewis-no account filed
September 1999HailLewis-no account filed
September 1999HailLewis-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Edwards 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
Nettleton5.9 miles19
Belpre8.1 miles18
Centerview8.4 miles18
Kinsley8.4 miles18
Williams (historical)9.3 miles18
Fellsburg9.5 miles18
Hodges10.8 miles19
Trousdale12.2 miles18

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 LewisAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1980514The 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.