Barnum, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Olean town. It lies in ZIP code area 14760. It stands on Mix Creek. The Survey maps it on the Olean quadrangle.

Barnum within Cattaraugus County

Then and now

1898 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Barnum, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Barnum, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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.

1898 USGS Olean quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1938 USGS Olean quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1943 USGS Olean quadrangle1:62500
1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Olean quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Olean quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

60 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Barnum between 1995 and 2020, burning about 77 acres in total. 5 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	25
Debris and open burning	17
Arson/incendiarism	8
Natural	5
Recreation and ceremony	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Smoking	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
14 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
14 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 August 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
9 July 2006	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 July 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
29 July 2018	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
15 July 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
12 July 2012	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cattaraugus County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Barnum: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Allegany Aggregates Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Allegany Aggregates Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Millgrove Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Portville Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
William J. Lippert & Son S & G Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Cattaraugus 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Four Mile	3.1 miles	19
Rock City	3.4 miles	19
Mill Grove	3.9 miles	19
Toll Gate Corner	4.2 miles	19
Carroll	4.5 miles	19
Portville	4.5 miles	19
Westons Mills	4.5 miles	19
Seneca Heights	4.7 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972200. 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.