Lewiston Heights, New York
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lewiston town. It lies in ZIP code area 14092. It stands on Fish Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lewiston quadrangle.
Then and now
1894 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Lewiston Heights
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 within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Frontier Houselisted 1974 · 0.9 miles away- First Presbyterian Church of Lewiston and Lewiston Village Cemeterylisted 2019 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 27 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.
- 1894 USGS Niagara Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1896 USGS Niagara Falls quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1900 USGS Niagara Falls quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1901 USGS Niagara Falls quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1950 USGS Lewiston quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Lewiston quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Lewiston quadrangle1:25000
- 1986 USGS Niagara Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
465 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 465 fires within 5 miles of Lewiston Heights between 2000 and 2020, burning about 278 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 83 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 | 244 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 83 |
| Natural | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Smoking | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Lewiston Heights: 4 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Graphite, Zirconium, Chromium, Abrasive. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Industries/Niagara Falls, N.Y. | Zirconium | Unknown | ||
| Niagara Falls Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Niagara St0ne Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| SKW Alloys/ Niagara Falls, N.Y. | Iron, Manganese, Graphite | Producer | ||
| Special Abrasives/Niagara Falls, Ny | Abrasive | Unknown | ||
| Union Carbide/ Niagara Falls, N.Y. | Chromium, Graphite | Unknown | ||
| Great Lakes Carbon/Niagara Falls Ny | Graphite | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rumsey Ridge | 0.6 miles | 27 | |
| Lewiston | 0.6 miles | 27 | |
| Escarpment | 1.1 miles | 27 | |
| Riverside Manors | 1.7 miles | 27 | |
| Glenwood | 1.7 miles | 28 | |
| Varsity Village | 1.9 miles | 27 | |
| Stella Niagara | 2.6 miles | 27 | |
| Model City | 2.7 miles | 28 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122598942 | The 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 955258. 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.










