BlockDevereaux, New York
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Franklinville town. It lies in ZIP code area 14731. The Survey maps it on the Ashford quadrangle.
Then and now
1924 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 62 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 12 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.
- 1924 USGS Ellicottville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Ellicottville quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Ashford quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Olean quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Devereaux between 1995 and 2020, burning about 57 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 July 2018 | Other causes | 1.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 May 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | 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 Devereaux: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clara Howard No.1 Well | Salt | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakerstand | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Ashford | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Bird | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| The Narrows | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Cadiz | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| West Valley | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Franklinville | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Plato | 5.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 948358. 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.