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Lewiston, Montana

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Boulder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59634. It stands on Clancy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clancy quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lewiston within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Fires near this place

230 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 230 fires within 5 miles of Lewiston (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,191 acres in total. 77 started naturally. None was 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
Natural77
Missing data/not specified/undetermined65
Recreation and ceremony35
Debris and open burning33
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks3
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral Land OfficeCAIRN LN
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeNORTH MAIN
6 September 2015Naturalunder an acreCentral Land OfficeSHINGLE BUTTE
4 September 2007Natural14 acresCentral Land Officenot named
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
4 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestWARMSPRING/P16280
30 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestMCCLELLAN CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 72 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 72 workings within 5 miles of Lewiston (historical): 31 past producers, 19 occurrences, 13 prospects, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Uranium, Lead. 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
Abc #1Thorium, UraniumOccurrenceTourmaline
Alhambra Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
BadgerGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Brown Silica DepositSilicaPast ProducerUnknown
Clancy-Lump Gulch DistrictLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic, Molybdenum, AntimonyProducer1865
Easy Money GroupGold, Copper, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Edge No. 1, Norway No. 6Gold, Copper, Lead, SilverUnknown
Free CoinageSilver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Free Coinage MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, CopperPast ProducerGold
Harriet No. 3Silver, Lead, Copper, GoldProspect1956

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Clancy0.1 miles19
New Haven (historical)0.1 miles19
Alhambra0.9 miles19
Jefferson City5.7 miles29
Montana City5.8 miles21
Corbin7.0 miles29
Wickes10.0 miles29
Glenbeg (historical)10.8 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1762670. 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.