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Lewis, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Deer Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64735. The Survey maps it on the Calhoun West quadrangle.

Lewis within Henry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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.

Fires near this place

46 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Lewis between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,560 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism12
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
25 September 2020Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation230787-04200-09252020-1630
2 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined225 acresMissouri Department of ConservationTEBO
5 April 2011Arson/incendiarism231 acresMissouri Department of ConservationTHRUSH
5 April 2011Arson/incendiarism39 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henry County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lewis: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Quarles Quarry #6Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Henry 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
Calhoun4.1 miles18
Quarles4.1 miles18
Alberta5.1 miles18
Clinton6.5 miles18
Livingston6.6 miles18
Sparrow6.9 miles18
Hortense7.1 miles18
Huntingdale7.2 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 Q27149981The 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 720930. 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.