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Comstock Corners, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Cambria town. It lies in ZIP code area 14094. The Survey maps it on the Cambria quadrangle.

Comstock Corners 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 Comstock Corners, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Comstock Corners, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

206 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Comstock Corners between 2000 and 2020, burning about 114 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 41 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/undetermined102
Arson/incendiarism41
Smoking25
Natural21
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Niagara County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Comstock Corners: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Lockport QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Simonds Steel Div/ Lockport, N.Y.IronUnknown

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
Lockport Junction1.7 miles27
Mapleton1.7 miles28
Pendleton Center2.7 miles28
Cambria Center3.0 miles27
Shawnee3.2 miles27
Hickory Corners3.2 miles27
South Lockport4.5 miles28
Streeters Corners4.6 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947249. 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.