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Clear Creek, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ellington town. It lies in ZIP code area 14726. It stands on Fly Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kennedy quadrangle.

Clear Creek within Chautauqua County

Then and now

1905 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Clear Creek, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Clear Creek, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

55 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Clear Creek between 2003 and 2019, burning about 38 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined31
Arson/incendiarism14
Natural6
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 July 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 June 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 June 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 June 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chautauqua County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Clear Creek: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
William Marsh No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Area Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Conewango Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tri-James Services PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chautauqua 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
Conewango Valley1.4 miles17
Ellington2.5 miles17
Waterboro3.4 miles17
Kennedy4.9 miles17
Bates5.5 miles16
Cherry Creek5.5 miles17
Thornton5.9 miles16
Poland Center6.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946812. 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.