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Bedford Corners, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Portville town. It lies in ZIP code area 14770. It stands on Coon Branch. The Survey maps it on the Portville quadrangle.

Bedford Corners 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 Bedford Corners, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Bedford Corners, surveyed 1898

On record in Bedford Corners

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.

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.

Fires near this place

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Bedford Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 65 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined36
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism7
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 August 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 June 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePennsylvania Division of Forest Fire ProtectionBORDER
20 June 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 May 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cattaraugus County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bedford Corners: 3 producers. All of them 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Genesee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Millgrove Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Portville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Portville1.9 miles19
Toll Gate Corner2.4 miles19
Main Settlement2.8 miles19
Mill Grove3.0 miles19
Carroll3.4 miles19
Westons Mills3.5 miles19
Weston Mills3.6 miles19
Lake View Terrace3.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 943489. 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.