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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.

Lewis within Essex County

Then and now

1895 to 1999

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Lewis, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Lewis, surveyed 1895

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

62 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined21
Natural17
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
13 September 2009Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
13 August 2002Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersCHURCH MTN FIRE 2
13 August 2002Natural26 acresNew York Forest RangersCHURCH MTN FIRE 1
8 July 2003Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
LewisWollastonite, GarnetProducerWollastonite
Oak Hill DepositIron, Titanium, MetalPast Producer1810
Lewis OperrationWollastoniteProducer
Dickinson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lewis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lewis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lewis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lewis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lordell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lordell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Essex County

Storms near this place

4 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2012LightningLewis$50,000A few structure fires in Essex county due to lightning, including a house in Lewis.
June 2017FloodLewis$5,000Flooding continued from previous Flash Flood producing heavy rainfall. Alden Road was covered by water near Route 10 and the Lewis-Wadhams Road.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindLewis$5,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindLewis$5,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in Essex 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
Stowersville2.5 miles23
Crowningshield4.2 miles23
Elizabethtown4.3 miles28
Deerhead5.5 miles23
Reber5.7 miles27
Wadhams6.4 miles31
New Russia8.1 miles28
Whallonsburg8.7 miles27

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.