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Dickersonville, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lewiston town. It lies in ZIP code area 14092. The Survey maps it on the Ransomville quadrangle.

Dickersonville 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 Dickersonville, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Dickersonville, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

275 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 275 fires within 5 miles of Dickersonville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 237 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 101 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/undetermined120
Arson/incendiarism101
Natural20
Debris and open burning19
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking2
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
9 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEastern Regional OfficeTUSCARORA #14
27 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 September 2014Arson/incendiarism2.1 acresEastern Regional OfficeBOND #1
26 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2002Arson/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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Dickersonville: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Niagara Falls QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Niagara St0ne QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Pekin2.8 miles28
Model City2.9 miles28
Ransomville3.5 miles28
Glenwood3.8 miles28
Colonial Village4.3 miles28
Porter Center4.3 miles28
Escarpment4.3 miles27
Sanborn4.4 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 948437. 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.