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East Lindley, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lindley town. It lies in ZIP code area 14830. The Survey maps it on the Caton quadrangle.

East Lindley within Steuben County

Then and now

1914 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 72 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 Lindley, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of East Lindley, surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

63 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of East Lindley between 1995 and 2020, burning about 123 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Debris and open burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
21 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
21 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 June 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of East Lindley: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Lindley-Presho PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Youngs PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Steuben 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
Lindley2.5 miles23
Browntown2.7 miles22
West Caton3.1 miles22
Caton3.8 miles22
Presho4.1 miles23
Erwins5.3 miles23
South Corning6.2 miles22
Gang Mills7.0 miles23

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 Q122548832The 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 972422. 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.