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Coomer, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Newfane town. It lies in ZIP code area 14108. The Survey maps it on the Newfane quadrangle.

Coomer 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 Coomer, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Coomer, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

122 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Coomer between 2000 and 2020, burning about 100 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined71
Arson/incendiarism22
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural7
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Other causes1
Smoking1
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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2008Arson/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

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
East Wilson2.0 miles27
Newfane2.1 miles22
Corwin2.6 miles22
North Wilson3.2 miles23
Warrens Corners3.6 miles27
Burt3.7 miles22
South Wilson4.3 miles27
Wrights Corners4.5 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2353940. 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.