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Four Mile, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Allegany town. It lies in ZIP code area 14760. It lies near Hartzfelt Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Olean quadrangle.

Four Mile within Cattaraugus County

Then and now

1898 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Four Mile, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Four Mile, surveyed 1898

On record in Four Mile

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

115 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Four Mile between 1995 and 2020, burning about 93 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined43
Debris and open burning23
Smoking15
Arson/incendiarism13
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2008Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2008Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cattaraugus County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Four Mile: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Allegany Aggregates PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Allegany Aggregates PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bosers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gulf Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gulf Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
William J. Lippert & Son S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Cattaraugus County

Storms near this place

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Four Mile in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2012Thunderstorm WindFour Mile$8,000The public reported numerous trees and wires down.

Every storm recorded in Cattaraugus 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
Rock City0.6 miles19
Knapp Creek2.3 miles19
Barnum3.1 miles19
Nichols Run3.2 miles19
Glen of Saint Clare3.9 miles19
Village of Saint Anthony3.9 miles19
Gardens of Brother Leo3.9 miles19
South Olean4.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972501. 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.