Lewis, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Lewis town. It lies in ZIP code area 12950. It stands on Derby Brook. The Survey maps it on the Lewis quadrangle.
Then and now
1895 to 1999The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1895 against another survey:
On record in Lewis
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
First Congregational Church and Cemeterylisted 2005
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 23 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.
- 1895 USGS Ausable quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Ausable quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1950 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Au Sable Forks quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Lewbeach quadrangle1:25000
- 1986 USGS Lake Champlain South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Lewis quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
62 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Lewis between 1993 and 2020, burning about 119 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 7 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 | 21 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 13 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 13 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | CHURCH MTN FIRE 2 |
| 13 August 2002 | Natural | 26 acres | New York Forest Rangers | CHURCH MTN FIRE 1 |
| 8 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Lewis: 5 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Wollastonite, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Garnet. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis | Wollastonite, Garnet | Producer | Wollastonite | |
| Oak Hill Deposit | Iron, Titanium, Metal | Past Producer | 1810 | |
| Lewis Operration | Wollastonite | Producer | ||
| Dickinson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lewis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Lewis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lewis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Lewis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lordell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Lordell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lewis in 4 storm reports between 1993 and 2017: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Lightning | Lewis | $50,000 | A few structure fires in Essex county due to lightning, including a house in Lewis. |
| June 2017 | Flood | Lewis | $5,000 | Flooding continued from previous Flash Flood producing heavy rainfall. Alden Road was covered by water near Route 10 and the Lewis-Wadhams Road. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis | $5,000 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stowersville | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Crowningshield | 4.2 miles | 23 | |
| Elizabethtown | 4.3 miles | 28 | |
| Deerhead | 5.5 miles | 23 | |
| Reber | 5.7 miles | 27 | |
| Wadhams | 6.4 miles | 31 | |
| New Russia | 8.1 miles | 28 | |
| Whallonsburg | 8.7 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 955239. 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.








