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Eagle, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Eagle town. It lies in ZIP code area 14024. The Survey maps it on the Bliss quadrangle.

Eagle within Wyoming County

Then and now

1923 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 61 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, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Eagle, surveyed 1923

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

39 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Eagle between 2003 and 2019, burning about 41 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined19
Debris and open burning12
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
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
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 May 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 May 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot 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 Eagle: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bliss Salt WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wyoming County

Storms near this place

11 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eagle in 11 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2017Thunderstorm WindEagle$15,000Law enforcement reported damage from thunderstorm winds.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindEagle$15,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down by thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindEagle$15,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindEagle$10,000Multiple trees are power lines downed on Java Lake Road.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindEagle$10,000no account filed
July 2010Flash FloodEagle$10,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindEagle$8,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindEagle$2,000Trees were downed in the town of Eagle.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindEagle$2,000Trees and powerlines were downed on Eagle Road.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindEagle$2,000Trees and power lines were down onto Route 39.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindEagle$1,000Trees were reported down.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
East Arcade2.9 miles15
Bliss3.1 miles15
Wing4.3 miles17
Howes4.8 miles17
Smiths Corner6.2 miles14
Arcade6.7 miles15
Pike7.7 miles17
Curriers8.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 948905. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.