Lewisboro, New York
36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lewisboro town. It lies in ZIP code area 10590. It lies near Becks Hill. The Survey maps it on the Pound Ridge quadrangle.
Then and now
1892 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Lewisboro
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 2 records
Mead Memorial Chapellisted 1999- Waccabuc Historic Districtlisted 2015
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 36 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.
- 1892 USGS Stamford quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Stamford quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Stamford quadrangle1:62500, 13 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Pound Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Pound Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Pound Ridge quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Pound Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
89 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Lewisboro between 1993 and 2019, burning about 72 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 13 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 | 29 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 5 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Connecticut Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 11 September 1995 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Connecticut Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Connecticut Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 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
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Lewisboro: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Marble, Dimension, Feldspar, Quartz, Mica, Quartz. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branchville Mica Mine | Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Quartz, Feldspar, Mica | Past Producer | Pegmatite Dike | |
| Branchville Mica Mine | Beryllium, Feldspar, Mica, Silica, Tantalum | Past Producer | ||
| Granite Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Pegmatite Quarry | Mica, Quartz | Past Producer | ||
| Ridgefield Pegmatite Quarry | Feldspar, Quartz | Past Producer | Feldspar | |
| Wilton Silver and Galena Chalcopyrite Mine | Silver | Past Producer | Metamorphosed Sedimentary | |
| Marble Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Ridgefield Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Woods | 1.9 miles | 36 | |
| Vista | 2.6 miles | 36 | |
| Boutonville | 2.6 miles | 41 | |
| South Salem | 2.9 miles | 41 | |
| Pound Ridge | 3.4 miles | 36 | |
| Scotts Corners | 3.7 miles | 36 | |
| Truesdale Lake | 3.7 miles | 41 | |
| Horseshoe Hill | 3.9 miles | 36 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 955254. 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.












