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East Concord, New York

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Concord town. It lies in ZIP code area 14055. The Survey maps it on the Springville quadrangle.

East Concord 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 Concord, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of East Concord, surveyed 1925

Compare 1925 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

57 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of East Concord between 1995 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined23
Debris and open burning16
Arson/incendiarism7
Natural6
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
2 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreNew York Forest RangersTHOMAS CORNERS FIRE
5 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 July 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 July 2006Arson/incendiarismunder 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of East Concord: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Henry Jones WellSaltPast Producer
Springville WellSaltPast Producer
Hagerer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
John L. Beny PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
John L. Beny Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Erie County

Storms near this place

7 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Concord in 7 storm reports between 2002 and 2021: 2 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
April 2002Tornado (F0)East Concord$35,000no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindEast Concord$10,000no account filed
July 2021Flash FloodEast Concord-Reports of widespread road closures in Springville due to flooding. Vaughn Street was also closed in East Concord.
July 2019Heavy RainEast Concord-A five hour rainfall total of 3.41 inches was reported.
August 2018Heavy RainEast Concord-Spotter reported 2.30 inches of rain.
June 2020HailEast Concord-no account filed
May 2017HailEast Concord-no account filed

Every storm 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
Footes2.3 miles14
Springville3.3 miles14
Glenwood4.7 miles14
Concord4.9 miles14
Fowlerville5.3 miles14
Wyandale6.6 miles16
Colden6.8 miles16
Woodside6.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949046. 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.