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Colonial Village, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lewiston town. It lies in ZIP code area 14304. The Survey maps it on the Ransomville quadrangle.

Colonial Village within Niagara County

Then and now

1897 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Colonial Village, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Colonial Village, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

829 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 829 fires within 5 miles of Colonial Village between 2000 and 2020, burning about 474 acres in total. 89 started naturally. 160 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/undetermined429
Arson/incendiarism160
Natural89
Debris and open burning50
Smoking44
Equipment and vehicle use37
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1

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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2020Recreation and ceremony1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Niagara County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Colonial Village: 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Graphite, Abrasive, Iron. 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
Niagara Falls QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Niagara St0ne QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
SKW Alloys/ Niagara Falls, N.Y.Iron, Manganese, GraphiteProducer
Special Abrasives/Niagara Falls, NyAbrasiveUnknown
Union Carbide/ Niagara Falls, N.Y.Chromium, GraphiteUnknown

Every working recorded in Niagara 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
Pletchers Corners1.9 miles30
Walmore2.1 miles30
Glenwood2.8 miles28
Escarpment3.2 miles27
Black Creek Village3.5 miles30
Rumsey Ridge3.5 miles27
Model City3.6 miles28
La Salle3.6 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947178. 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.