Burt, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Newfane town. It lies in ZIP code area 14028. It stands on Eighteenmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newfane 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.


On record in Burt
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.
Van Horn Mansionlisted 1991 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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 Olcott quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1899 USGS Niagara quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Olcott quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Newfane quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Newfane quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Newfane quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
78 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Burt between 2000 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 3 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 | 51 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 31 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olcott | 1.5 miles | 22 | |
| Newfane | 2.1 miles | 22 | |
| North Wilson | 2.6 miles | 23 | |
| Hess Road | 3.5 miles | 22 | |
| Appleton | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Coomer | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Corwin | 4.5 miles | 22 | |
| East Wilson | 5.7 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 945287. 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.









