Forest Park, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Westfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 14787. It stands on Chautauqua Creek. The Survey maps it on the Westfield 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.


On record in Forest Park
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Barcelona Lighthouse and Keeper's Cottagelisted 1972 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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 Westfield quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Westfield quadrangle1:24000, 5 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
70 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Forest Park between 2002 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 14 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 | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 28 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Forest Park in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest Park | $12,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest Park | $2,000 | Tree downed on wires on State Route 5 in Westfield. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Forest Park | $2,000 | Trees were downed onto Route 5. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | 0.6 miles | 18 | |
| Westfield | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Shore Haven | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Bournes Beach | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Forsyth | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| West Portland | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| East Ripley | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Volusia | 5.7 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950419. 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.






