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Carroll, 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 lies near Gleason Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Portville quadrangle.

Carroll 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 Carroll, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Carroll, surveyed 1898

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

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Carroll between 1992 and 2020, burning about 94 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined28
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
14 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 June 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePennsylvania Division of Forest Fire ProtectionBARNUM
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
8 May 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 May 2006Arson/incendiarismunder 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Carroll: 2 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
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
Main Settlement0.9 miles19
Mill Grove1.1 miles19
Toll Gate Corner1.5 miles19
Portville2.3 miles19
Bedford Corners3.4 miles19
Barnum4.5 miles19
Westons Mills4.7 miles19
Weston Mills5.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972301. 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.