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Eden Valley, 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.

Eden Valley 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 Valley, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Eden Valley, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

On record in Eden Valley

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

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

253 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 253 fires within 5 miles of Eden Valley between 2000 and 2020, burning about 126 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined146
Natural49
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism18
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2012Naturalunder 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
27 September 2020Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2001Naturalunder 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 Valley: 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

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
Water Valley2.2 miles18
Eden2.3 miles15
East Eden2.5 miles18
Hamburg3.4 miles18
Forest Glen3.9 miles18
North Evans3.9 miles15
Lake View4.1 miles15
Weyer4.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949365. 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.