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Chipmunk, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Allegany town. It lies in ZIP code area 14706. It stands on Flatstone Creek. The Survey maps it on the Knapp Creek quadrangle.

Chipmunk within Cattaraugus County

Then and now

1900 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Chipmunk, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Chipmunk, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

62 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Chipmunk between 1997 and 2020, burning about 120 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/undetermined32
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking5
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 August 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 July 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder 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

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Chipmunk: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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
Bosers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
E.F. Lippert and Co. S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
E.F. Lippert and Co. S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gulf Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gulf Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lower Birch Run Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lower Birch Run Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
South Vandalia2.0 miles19
Vandalia2.7 miles19
Irvine Mills3.3 miles20
Limestone3.5 miles20
Harrisburg3.5 miles19
Bradford Junction3.9 miles20
Riverside Junction3.9 miles20
Nichols Run4.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946590. 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.