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Elmhurst, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ellicott town. It lies in ZIP code area 14701. It stands on Dutch Hollow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lakewood quadrangle.

Elmhurst 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 Elmhurst, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Elmhurst, 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.

Fires near this place

303 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 303 fires within 5 miles of Elmhurst between 1993 and 2020, burning about 239 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 45 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/undetermined148
Arson/incendiarism45
Equipment and vehicle use34
Debris and open burning25
Natural24
Smoking13
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chautauqua County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Elmhurst: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium. 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
Carborundum Co/ Falconer, N.Y.ZirconiumUnknown
Cassadaga Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Marsh PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Marsh PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oak Hill Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Oak Hill Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
W. Lee Bull Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
W. Lee Bull Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Fluvanna0.1 miles17
Sunnyside0.4 miles17
Bonita0.7 miles17
Celoron0.8 miles17
Greenhurst0.9 miles17
Longview0.9 miles17
Sheldon Hall1.1 miles17
Point Stockholm1.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949574. 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.