BlockBucyrus Heights, New York
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Amherst town. It lies in ZIP code area 14228. It lies near Threemile Island. The Survey maps it on the Tonawanda East quadrangle.
Then and now
1897 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 28 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.
- 1897 USGS Tonawanda quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Niagara quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1900 USGS Tonawanda quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Tonawanda quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1948 USGS Tonawanda quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Tonawanda East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Tonawanda East quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Tonawanda East quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
467 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 467 fires within 5 miles of Bucyrus Heights between 2000 and 2020, burning about 209 acres in total. 94 started naturally. 50 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 | 219 |
| Natural | 94 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 50 |
| Smoking | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Ridge Estates | 1.4 miles | 28 | |
| Getzville | 1.7 miles | 28 | |
| Green Acres Valley | 2.3 miles | 28 | |
| North Bailey | 2.7 miles | 25 | |
| North Forest Acres | 3.3 miles | 27 | |
| Brighton | 3.4 miles | 25 | |
| Amherst | 3.6 miles | 25 | |
| Grover Cleveland Terrace | 4.0 miles | 25 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122551903 | 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 945093. 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.