BlockFerry Village, New York
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Grand Island town. It lies in ZIP code area 14072. It lies near Pirates Island. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo NW quadrangle.
Then and now
1894 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1894 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 26 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.
- 1894 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:62500, 12 printings
- 1948 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Buffalo NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Buffalo NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
378 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 378 fires within 5 miles of Ferry Village between 2000 and 2020, burning about 141 acres in total. 73 started naturally. 27 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 | 203 |
| Natural | 73 |
| Smoking | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 7 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakfield | 1.1 miles | 26 | |
| Grandyle Village | 1.8 miles | 26 | |
| Sour Spring Grove | 3.2 miles | 30 | |
| Sheenwater | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| Kenmore | 4.2 miles | 25 | |
| Tonawanda | 5.0 miles | 30 | |
| Soldiers Place | 5.0 miles | 25 | |
| Ellwood Park | 5.1 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950010. 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.