BlockDean, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Chautauqua town. It lies in ZIP code area 14784. The Survey maps it on the Hartfield quadrangle.
Then and now
1900 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1900 USGS Dunkirk quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Dunkirk quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Hartfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
74 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Dean between 1992 and 2020, burning about 121 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 23 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 | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 August 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 July 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dean: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portland Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellicott Estates | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Stockton | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Portland | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Pleasantville | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Hartfield | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Brocton | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| West Portland | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Vineyard | 5.0 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972369. 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.