Cold Spring, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Allegany Reservation. It lies in ZIP code area 14783. It stands on Cricks Run. The Survey maps it on the Red House quadrangle.

Cold Spring within Cattaraugus County

Then and now

1922 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 64 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cold Spring, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Cold Spring, surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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.

1922 USGS Randolph quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1923 USGS Randolph quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1943 USGS Randolph quadrangle1:62500
1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Red House quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Olean quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

145 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Cold Spring between 2003 and 2020, burning about 202 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 18 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	101
Arson/incendiarism	18
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Natural	9
Debris and open burning	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Smoking	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
27 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
16 September 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
7 July 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
16 July 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
13 July 2012	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
10 July 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
27 June 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
25 June 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cattaraugus County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cold Spring: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	J.W.Sharp No.1 Well	Salt	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Steamburg	2.2 miles	17
Red House	3.5 miles	18
Underwood Corner	4.1 miles	16
Shongo	5.4 miles	19
East Randolph	6.8 miles	16
Onoville	7.2 miles	17
Napoli	7.2 miles	16
Randolph	7.4 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947053. 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.