Lewiston, Michigan
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Albert Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49756. The Survey maps it on the Lewiston quadrangle. 996 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,243 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLewiston fell from 1,392 to 996 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 | 1,392 | |
| 2020 | 996 | -396 (-28%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1949 USGS Lewiston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Lewiston quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Lewiston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Grayling quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Traverse City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Lewiston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 198 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALBERT TOWNSHIP/LEWISTON FD 0000330 - 2019 |
| 24 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MONTMORENCY 14 |
| 23 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALBERT TOWNSHIP/LEWISTON FD 0000303 - 2019 |
| 12 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALBERT TOWNSHIP/LEWISTON FD 0000291 - 2019 |
| 10 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 26 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ALBERT TOWNSHIP/LEWISTON FD 0000250 - 2019 |
| 4 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 24 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTSEGO 26 - 4 CORNERS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lewiston: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glancy Montmorency County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Winkleman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
24 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lewiston in 24 storm reports between 1993 and 2020: 14 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewiston | 1 hurt, $40,000 | Numerous trees were downed in southwest Montmorency County. Most of the damage was near Lewiston. A truck was struck by a falling tree, injuring the driver. Two garages in Lewiston were damaged by falling trees. Shingles were torn off of some roofs. |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewiston | $500,000 | Thunderstorm winds, with gusts estimated to over 100 mph, caused massive tree damage and some structural damage to homes and cabins, mainly due to fallen trees. |
| July 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Lewiston | $60,000 | 60 yard wide swath of trees snapped off 8 feet above the ground. 3 homes damaged. Several mobile homes damaged. Tornado continued into Oscoda county. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewiston | $28,000 | Many trees were snapped off. High winds on East Twin Lake flipped over pontoon boats, and damage some docks. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewiston | $10,000 | Numerous trees were downed in and just east of Lewiston. Multiple streets were blocked by fallen trees. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewiston | $5,000 | Multiple trees were downed in Lewiston. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewiston | $4,000 | Half a dozen trees were downed. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewiston | $3,000 | Trees and power lines downed near Vienna. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewiston | $1,000 | A cluster of thunderstorms downed a large tree near Lewiston. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewiston | - | A trained spotter estimated winds to 60 to 65 mph. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewiston | - | Numerous trees and limbs downed on County Road 612 just west of M-33. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewiston | - | Several trees and power lines down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewiston | - | Hundreds of trees down around Wolf Lake. Several homes had roof damage |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewiston | - | A spotter reported that 50 mph winds blew down numerous nine inch trees. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewiston | - | A spotter reported six to eight inch tree limbs downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Lewiston | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Lewiston | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Lewiston | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Lewiston | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Lewiston | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Lewiston | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Lewiston | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Lewiston | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Lewiston | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vienna Junction | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Birchwood Beach | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Garland Village | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Bigelow | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Donnelly | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Hetherton | 9.5 miles | 13 | |
| Atlanta | 12.0 miles | 12 | |
| Avery | 15.4 miles | 12 |
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 Lewiston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2682156 | 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 630355. 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.






