Lewiston, 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. 2,531 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 374 feet above sea level.
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
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 3 records
Frontier Houselisted 1974- First Presbyterian Church of Lewiston and Lewiston Village Cemeterylisted 2019
- Niagara Power Project Historic Districtlisted 2017
Population over time
2 figuresLewiston fell from 2,701 to 2,531 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,701 | |
| 2020 | 2,531 | -170 (-6%) |
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
354 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 354 fires within 5 miles of Lewiston between 2000 and 2020, burning about 225 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 61 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 | 195 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 61 |
| Natural | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| 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 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 |
| 26 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 26 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Lewiston: 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Graphite, Abrasive, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Storms near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lewiston in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2004: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy snow, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewiston | $55,000 | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Heavy Snow | Lewiston | $40,000 | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewiston | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewiston | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Lewiston | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewiston | $12,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewiston | $8,000 | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewiston | $5,000 | A cold front crossed the area accompanied by severe thunderstorms. The thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines. Scattered power outages were reported throughout the county. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewiston | $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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewiston Heights | 0.6 miles | 27 | |
| Riverside Manors | 1.1 miles | 27 | |
| Rumsey Ridge | 1.1 miles | 27 | |
| Escarpment | 1.6 miles | 27 | |
| Stella Niagara | 2.1 miles | 27 | |
| Glenwood | 2.1 miles | 28 | |
| Varsity Village | 2.3 miles | 27 | |
| Model City | 2.9 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.
| Wikipedia article on Lewiston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2532289 | 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 955257. 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.










