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East Lancaster, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lancaster town. It lies in ZIP code area 14086. It stands on Little Buffalo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lancaster quadrangle.

East Lancaster 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 Lancaster, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of East Lancaster, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

On record in East Lancaster

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

298 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 298 fires within 5 miles of East Lancaster between 2000 and 2020, burning about 124 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined157
Natural46
Smoking27
Arson/incendiarism24
Debris and open burning17
Recreation and ceremony15
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
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
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
23 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2004Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Erie County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of East Lancaster: 5 producers, 4 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Lancaster QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Buffalo Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Lancaster Quarry and PlantLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Genessee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Genessee PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jones Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lancaster Dredge ESand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Peppermint PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Peppermint PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Pavement (historical)1.7 miles19
Lancaster1.7 miles19
Depew2.9 miles19
Elma3.1 miles21
Town Line Station3.2 miles19
Town Line3.2 miles19
Dellwood3.5 miles19
Bowmansville3.8 miles19

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 Q122550637The 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 949153. 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.