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East Eden, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Eden town. It lies in ZIP code area 14057. The Survey maps it on the Hamburg quadrangle.

East Eden within Erie County

Then and now

1905 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 79 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 Eden, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of East Eden, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

178 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of East Eden between 2000 and 2020, burning about 108 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined102
Natural35
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
20 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2006Missing 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of East Eden: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Kennedy's Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Boston Valley Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Boston Valley Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Erie County

Storms near this place

2 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Eden in 2 storm reports in 2024: 2 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
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEast Eden-Tree downed on a generator.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEast Eden-Roof off of at least one house in East Eden, damage to at least 2 others. Several trees and powerlines downed in East Eden.

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
Eden Valley2.5 miles18
Creekside2.9 miles18
Water Valley2.9 miles18
North Boston3.0 miles18
Clarksburg3.2 miles16
Hamburg3.4 miles18
Eden3.8 miles15
Patchin4.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949062. 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.