Dutch Flats, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Orangeville town. It lies in ZIP code area 14011. It lies near Cobble Hill. The Survey maps it on the Attica quadrangle.

Dutch Flats within Wyoming County

Then and now

1905 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dutch Flats, surveyed 1984

Topographic sheet of Dutch Flats, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

1905 USGS Attica quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1949 USGS Attica quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1949 USGS Attica quadrangle1:62500
1951 USGS Attica quadrangle1:24000
1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

47 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Dutch Flats between 2003 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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	24
Debris and open burning	11
Arson/incendiarism	5
Natural	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
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
2 September 2012	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
29 August 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
10 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
5 July 2004	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
19 June 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
6 May 2013	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
6 May 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wyoming County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dutch Flats: 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
	J.Mattison Well	Salt	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Wyoming 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
South Attica	1.5 miles	16
Orangeville Center	1.7 miles	19
Varysburg	2.5 miles	16
Attica Center	3.4 miles	19
Johnsonburg	3.4 miles	14
Sierks	4.0 miles	16
Halls Corner	4.1 miles	17
Millers Crossing	5.6 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972401. 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.