Evans Center, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Evans town. It lies in ZIP code area 14006. It stands on Big Sister Creek. The Survey maps it on the Angola quadrangle.
Then and now
1899 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1899 against another survey:
On record in Evans Center
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
Pioneer Cemeterylisted 2012
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1899 USGS Silver Creek quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1944 USGS Angola quadrangle1:31680
- 1960 USGS Angola quadrangle1:24000, 2 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 Silver Creek quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
181 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of Evans Center between 2000 and 2020, burning about 88 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 24 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 | 89 |
| Natural | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Evans Center in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Evans Center | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evans Center | $15,000 | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Evans Center | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evans Center | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evans Center | $2,000 | Multiple trees downed in the town of Evans. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evans Center | $1,000 | Trees and wire downed. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Evans Center | $1,000 | Route 5 was closed in Evans in both directions due to flooding of the Big Sister Creek. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evans Center | $500 | A tree was downed. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Evans Center | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola-on-the-Lake | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Saint Vencent de Paul Camp | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Angola | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Camp Lakeland | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Jerusalem Corners | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Lake Erie Beach | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Camp Pioneer | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Derby | 3.5 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949732. 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.
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.







