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Eden, New York

15 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 Eden quadrangle. 3,346 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 820 feet above sea level.

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 Eden, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Eden, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

On record in Eden

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Eden fell from 3,516 to 3,346 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20103,516
20203,346-170 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

150 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Eden between 2000 and 2020, burning about 88 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined87
Natural22
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2020Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
23 September 2001Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Eden: 1 producer. 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
Kennedy's Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Erie County

Storms near this place

14 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eden in 14 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. 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
June 2005LightningEden$30,000no account filed
August 2009Thunderstorm WindEden$12,000Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindEden$10,000Law enforcement reported trees down by thunderstorm winds on Sisson Highway.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindEden$10,000no account filed
July 1994HailEden$5,000An isolated early morning thunderstorm produced golf-ball sized hail during the early morning hours.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEden$2,000Trees and wires downed.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEden$1,000Trees downed.
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.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEden-Roof damaged on house.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEden-Tree downed on house.
July 2024Tornado (EF2)Eden-EF-2 tornado damage confirmed in the Town of Eden. Estimated maximum winds were 115 mph. Path length estimated at 3.2 miles. Maximum width estimated at 300 yards. The tornado killed 89 cows, and ripped off the roof on a couple of barns/farm buildings.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEden-Roof blown off of house.
April 2002HailEden-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
Eden Valley2.3 miles18
East Eden3.8 miles18
North Evans3.9 miles15
Clarksburg4.1 miles16
Pontiac4.3 miles16
Water Valley4.4 miles18
Lake View4.6 miles15
North Collins4.6 miles16

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.

Wikipedia article on EdenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3460268The 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 949363. 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.