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Canawaugus, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Caledonia town. It lies in ZIP code area 14423. It stands on White Creek. The Survey maps it on the Caledonia quadrangle.

Canawaugus within Livingston County

Then and now

1904 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Canawaugus, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Canawaugus, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 23 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

113 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Canawaugus between 2000 and 2020, burning about 91 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined43
Arson/incendiarism21
Debris and open burning21
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 August 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 July 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2016Equipment and vehicle use6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Canawaugus: 9 past producers, 8 producers. 8 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
East Avon Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Halpin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Halpin Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Livingston County

Storms near this place

2 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Canawaugus in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2015Flash FloodCanawaugus$75,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCanawaugus-Several trees downed, and crops damaged around three different farms on Cameron Road.

Every storm recorded in Livingston 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
Toggletown1.9 miles23
Avon2.1 miles25
Ashantee2.2 miles23
Littleville2.4 miles23
Maxwell3.5 miles23
Baker3.5 miles23
Menzie Crossing4.0 miles23
East Avon4.1 miles25

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 Q122597166The 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 945759. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.