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Forest Glen, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Hamburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 14075. The Survey maps it on the Hamburg quadrangle.

Forest Glen 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 Forest Glen, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Forest Glen, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

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

370 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 370 fires within 5 miles of Forest Glen between 2000 and 2020, burning about 152 acres in total. 66 started naturally. 50 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/undetermined221
Natural66
Arson/incendiarism50
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Debris and open burning6
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 2014Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
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
28 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Forest Glen: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Boston Valley Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Boston Valley Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Erie County

Storms near this place

10 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Forest Glen in 10 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2009Thunderstorm WindForest Glen$15,000Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindForest Glen$15,000no account filed
August 2017Thunderstorm WindForest Glen$12,000Law enforcement reported trees down by thunderstorm winds in the Village of Hamburg.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindForest Glen$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds on Carlton Drive.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindForest Glen$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindForest Glen$10,000no account filed
November 2020Thunderstorm WindForest Glen$1,000Tree damage reported in the Town of Hamburg.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindForest Glen$500Several large tree limbs were reported down with minor property damage.
May 2024FloodForest Glen-About one foot of water covering intersection.
August 2011HailForest Glen-no account filed

Every storm 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
Scranton1.0 miles18
Carnegie1.1 miles18
Hamburg1.5 miles18
Water Valley1.8 miles18
Clover Bank2.4 miles15
Locksley Park2.7 miles22
Armor2.7 miles18
Mount Vernon2.7 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950392. 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.

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.