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Brighton, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Tonawanda town. It lies in ZIP code area 14150. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo NE quadrangle.

Brighton within Erie County

Then and now

1894 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Brighton, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Brighton, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

723 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 723 fires within 5 miles of Brighton between 2000 and 2020, burning about 333 acres in total. 126 started naturally. 65 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/undetermined384
Natural126
Smoking72
Arson/incendiarism65
Debris and open burning24
Equipment and vehicle use22
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Recreation and ceremony10
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
4 September 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Erie 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
Green Acres Valley1.1 miles28
Ellwood Park1.4 miles25
North Bailey1.7 miles25
Willow Ridge Estates2.0 miles28
Kenilworth2.1 miles25
Grover Cleveland Terrace2.1 miles25
Amherst2.2 miles25
Kenmore2.5 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 944745. 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.