Lewistown, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Princeton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42445. It lies near Carter Hill. The Survey maps it on the Olney quadrangle. It stands 469 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1908 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Olney quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Olney quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Lewistown between 1997 and 2019, burning about 239 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GRAVES FIRE |
| 29 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DAWSON ROAD |
| 20 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 September 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 August 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Lewistown: 3 prospects, 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Fluorine-Fluorite, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby Titanium Deposit | Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Hobby Tungsten Deposit | Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Morgan Heirs Fluorspar Tract | Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Phelps Sandstone Pit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Princeton Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Princeton No. 2 Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Princeton Sandstone Pit | Silica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lewistown in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2025: 1 flood, 1 debris flow. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2018 | Flood | Lewistown | $200,000 | U.S. Highway 62 was restricted to one lane due to a landslide near the Hopkins County line. |
| February 2025 | Debris Flow | Lewistown | $10,000 | Heavy rain(1-2) on the morning of the 15th led to a rock slide that closed the right lane of northbound Interstate 69 at the 87 mile marker. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midway | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Pumpkin Center | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Walche Cut | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Claxton | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Ruth | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Cedar Bluff | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Lebanon (historical) | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Scottsburg | 4.6 miles | 16 |
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 Lewistown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17492553 | 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 508452. 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.







