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Eagle Harbor, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It lies in ZIP code area 14411. The Survey maps it on the Ashwood quadrangle.

Eagle Harbor within Orleans 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 Eagle Harbor, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Eagle Harbor, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

145 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Eagle Harbor between 2000 and 2020, burning about 97 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 39 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/undetermined63
Arson/incendiarism39
Smoking12
Debris and open burning11
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
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
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orleans County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Eagle Harbor: 3 producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel Pit No 5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel Pit No 6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Huckell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Orleans 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
Eagle Harbor Station1.2 miles18
Gaines Basin1.6 miles14
Oak Orchard Estates2.8 miles14
West Gaines2.9 miles17
Gaines3.0 miles14
Knowlesville3.1 miles18
Albion3.2 miles20
Five Corners3.3 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Eagle HarborAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q55639625The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 948918. 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.