Elm Tree, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in North Harmony town. It lies in ZIP code area 14710. The Survey maps it on the Chautauqua quadrangle.

Elm Tree within Chautauqua County

Then and now

1904 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Elm Tree, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Elm Tree, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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.

1904 USGS Chautaqua quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1904 USGS Chautauqua quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1941 USGS Chautauqua quadrangle1:62500
1954 USGS Chautauqua quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

54 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Elm Tree between 2000 and 2020, burning about 67 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined	25
Arson/incendiarism	8
Natural	8
Debris and open burning	7
Smoking	4
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Recreation and ceremony	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
11 September 2015	Debris and open burning	13 acres	New York Forest Rangers	GORDON FIRE
11 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
11 September 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	GORDON FIRE
9 August 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.6 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
16 August 2000	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
13 August 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
10 August 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 July 2006	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chautauqua 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 Elm Tree: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Marsh Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Chautauqua 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Stedman	1.0 miles	17
Magnolia	2.2 miles	17
Woodlawn	2.5 miles	17
Victoria	2.5 miles	17
Stebbins Corners	2.8 miles	19
Orchard Terrace	2.8 miles	17
Prendergast Point	2.9 miles	17
Chautauqua	3.7 miles	17

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 Q122561761

The 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 972445. 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.