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Lewis, Utah

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Spanish Fork-Payson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84660. The Survey maps it on the Spanish Fork quadrangle.

Lewis within Utah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

287 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 287 fires within 5 miles of Lewis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,649 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined170
Debris and open burning75
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural5
Fireworks3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
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
9 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands8660 S.
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State Landsnot named
7 September 2002Other causesunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsOUT HOUSE FIRE
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeP MOUNTAIN
6 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSALEM CANAL FIRE
5 September 2001Debris and open burning7.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSHEPHERD
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsACE
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSWEDE LANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Lewis: 18 producers, 14 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gold, Silver. 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
Castilla Hot SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Clay Canyon DepositGemstoneProducer
Dream MineGold, SilverProspect
MilkmaidSilver, Lead, GoldPast ProducerReplacement
Silver Hill PropertyManganeseProducer
UnknownLimestone, GeneralProducer
Us Ferto CorpPhosphorus-PhosphatesProducer
Clay PitClayPast Producer
Shuler MineClayPast Producer
Shuler ProspectClayOccurrenceSurface

Every working recorded in Utah 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
Leland1.2 miles21
Benjamin1.7 miles21
Salem2.8 miles21
Lake Shore2.9 miles21
Payson3.2 miles21
Spanish Fork3.3 miles21
Palmyra3.8 miles22
West Mountain4.8 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1442568. 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.