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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Lewis, Ohio

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Homer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45732. It stands on Smith Run. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lewis within Morgan County

Then and now

1903 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 99 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 (historical), surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Lewis (historical), surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 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 nearby

11 since 2006

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Lewis (historical) between 2006 and 2020, burning about 10 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
12 August 2006Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWayne National ForestBOC FIRE
7 July 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWayne National Forest329 BRAVO
6 April 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15648
4 April 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestLAKE ROAD
30 April 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National Forest329
9 March 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15527
9 March 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestHILL TOP LANE
8 March 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestFIERCE RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 83 shown

Museums hold 83 specimens collected within 10 miles of Lewis (historical) between 1898 and 1972: 57 Animalia, 25 Plantae, 1 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.D. Huryn, B.R. Bales, Bolen, H. (Harold) and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Apocynum cannabinum L.Apocynum cannabinum L.1963William G. Gambill Jr.; L. Mingrone; M. JohnsonWolf Creek Wildlife Area
Specimen of Asclepias tuberosa L.Asclepias tuberosa L.1963William G. Gambill Jr.; L. Mingrowe; M. JohnsonWolf Creek Wildlife Area
Specimen of Campanulastrum americanum (L.) SmallCampanulastrum americanum (L.) Small1963William G. Gambill Jr.; M. JohnsonWolf Creek Wildlife Area.
A photograph of the species Sporobolus vaginiflorus, not of this specimenSporobolus vaginiflorus (Torr. ex A.Gray) Alph.Wood1898Selby, A.D.Palos
A photograph of the species Dichanthelium acuminatum, not of this specimenDichanthelium acuminatum (Sw.) Gould & C.A.Clark1899Selby, A.D.Palos
A photograph of the species Scirpus polyphyllus, not of this specimenScirpus polyphyllus Vahl1899Selby, A.D.Palos
A photograph of the species Merulius corium, not of this specimenMerulius corium (Pers.) Fr.1908Coker W. C.Chapel Hill
A photograph of the species Sturnella magna, not of this specimenSturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758)1911B.R. BalesRinggold
A photograph of the species Ambystoma Tschudi, not of this specimenAmbystoma Tschudi, 18381927Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)E. Br. of Sunday Cr., 10 mi NE of Glouster, Athens Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Lythrurus umbratilis, not of this specimenLythrurus umbratilis (Girard, 1856)1927MB Trautman & RB FosterW Branch, Wolf Creek, Penn. Twp
A photograph of the species Notropis umbratilis, not of this specimenNotropis umbratilis (Girard, 1856)1927Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)East Branch Sunday Creek, within Homer township, near Glouster, Homer township
A photograph of the species Fontinalis sphagnifolia, not of this specimenFontinalis sphagnifolia (Müll.Hal.) Wijk & Margad.1932E. L. BraunOn lower tributary of Bundle Run, above falls

All 83 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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
Linscott (historical)1.7 miles19
Bishopville2.6 miles14
Wrightstown2.7 miles14
Mountville3.3 miles13
Joy4.4 miles14
Vicksville4.8 miles14
Elliott Crossroads5.5 miles13
Shilling (historical)5.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067292. 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.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.