BlockBefore

East Boston Hill, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Boston town. It lies in ZIP code area 14033. It lies near East Hill. The Survey maps it on the Colden quadrangle.

East Boston Hill within Erie County

Then and now

1925 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 59 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of East Boston Hill, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of East Boston Hill, surveyed 1925

Compare 1925 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

Fires near this place

73 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of East Boston Hill between 2000 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined43
Natural13
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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
7 September 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Erie County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of East Boston Hill: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Bloating Material. 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
West FallsBloating MaterialPast ProducerSedimentary
Boston Valley Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Boston Valley Clay PitClayPast Producer
West Falls Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Erie 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
Patchin1.7 miles16
Colden2.0 miles16
Boston2.4 miles16
West Falls3.4 miles16
North Boston3.6 miles18
Fowlerville4.0 miles14
Creekside4.1 miles18
Glenwood4.2 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.

Wikidata item Q34914344The 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 948987. 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.