BlockLewis, South Carolina
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Chester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29706. The Survey maps it on the Lowrys quadrangle.
On record in Lewis
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Lewis Innlisted 1971 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Rock Hill quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lowrys quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
122 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Lewis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 364 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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 | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lewis in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis | - | County comms reported numerous trees blown down in eastern portions of Chester County. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis | - | Multiple trees were blown down along highway 72 near the York County line. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rodman | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Smith | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Stringfellow | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Lakewood | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Dinber | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Airlee | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Orrs | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Quail Hollow | 4.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1246347. 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.
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.