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.
Then and now
1925 to 1984The 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.


Compare 1925 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1925 USGS Springville quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Colden quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 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
73 since 2000Regional 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/undetermined | 43 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Falls | Bloating Material | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Boston Valley Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Boston Valley Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| West Falls Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patchin | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Colden | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Boston | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| West Falls | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| North Boston | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Fowlerville | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Creekside | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Glenwood | 4.2 miles | 14 |
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 Q34914344 | The 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.






