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Lewisville, Oregon

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Falls City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97361. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Airlie North quadrangle. It stands 272 feet above sea level.

Lewisville within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Lewisville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 99 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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
Equipment and vehicle use13
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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
9 September 2013Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersTREEHOUSE ROAD
28 September 1999Other causes2.0 acresDallas UnitGARDNER RD
21 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresDallas UnitSOUTH KINGS VALLEY
19 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreDallas UnitFIR GROVE #1
19 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreDallas UnitFIR GROVE #2
17 September 1998Debris and open burning3.5 acresDallas UnitSHADY LANE
12 September 1999Debris and open burning1.5 acresDallas UnitFISHBACK
1 September 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresDallas UnitSMITH ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lewisville: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Oregon State UniversityStonePast Producer
Oregon State UniversityStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Weisensee Farm/Luckiamute PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Weisensee Farm/Luckiamute QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk 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
Airlie2.7 miles15
Putnam (historical)3.2 miles15
Pedee4.4 miles12
Bridgeport4.7 miles12
Ferns (historical)4.8 miles15
Carey (historical)6.1 miles12
Falls City7.2 miles12
Monmouth7.2 miles16

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 LewisvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6537443The 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 1163101. 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.