Lewis, Wisconsin
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Clam Falls town. It lies in ZIP code area 54837. The Survey maps it on the Frederic quadrangle. 87 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,050 feet above sea level.
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 1 record
- Seven Pines Lodgelisted 1978
Population over time
2 figuresLewis fell from 164 to 87 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 | 164 | |
| 2020 | 87 | -77 (-47%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 13 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.
- 1951 USGS Frederic quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Frederic quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Frederic NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Frederic quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Grantsburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
114 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Lewis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 238 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | SIREN NATIONAL..... |
| 9 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.2 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 115TH |
| 20 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 31 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Lewis: 18 occurrences, 8 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nd Unnamed Prospect Near Clam Fa | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Nd Unnamed Prospect Near Lewis | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Clam Fa | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Lewis | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Lewis | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Lewis | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Somers Cree | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Somers Cree | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Weiss Lake | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Weiss Lake | Copper | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lewis in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2017: 3 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Flash Flood | Lewis | $100,000 | Very heavy rainfall occurred across a large area of northern Polk County and caused road closures, road damage and washouts from the communities of Luck, Eureka, Laketown, West Sweden, Clam Falls, Frederic and Lewis. Based on road damage alone in the 7 towns, up to $100,000 in expected in damages. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis | - | A tree was blown down north of Lewis, on 110th street, just south of Highway 35. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Lewis | - | Quarter size hail was reported by the public near Lewis. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Lewis | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Lewis | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frederic | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| West Sweden | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Clam Falls | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Luck | 10.2 miles | 13 | |
| Indian Creek | 10.3 miles | 13 | |
| Atlas | 11.3 miles | 16 | |
| West Denmark | 11.3 miles | 16 | |
| Milltown | 13.9 miles | 16 |
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 Lewis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6536201 | 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 1567997. 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.









