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Daws, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Batavia town. It lies in ZIP code area 14020. The Survey maps it on the Batavia North quadrangle.

Daws within Genesee 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 Daws, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Daws, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

217 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 217 fires within 5 miles of Daws between 1999 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined114
Natural30
Smoking23
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism19
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2014Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Genesee County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Daws: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Leroy Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Stafford MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Batavia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Batavia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Creek Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Creek Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Genesee 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
Elba2.3 miles18
East Elba3.0 miles18
Batavia3.2 miles18
Country Meadows3.7 miles18
Langton Corners3.8 miles18
Genesee West3.8 miles18
Oakfield4.4 miles17
Ridgewood Village4.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 948080. 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.