Gilberts Corner, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Royalton town. It lies in ZIP code area 14105. The Survey maps it on the Gasport quadrangle.

Gilberts Corner within Niagara County

Then and now

1897 to 1984

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Gilberts Corner, surveyed 1984

Topographic sheet of Gilberts Corner, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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.

1897 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:62500
1899 USGS Niagara quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1902 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1905 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:62500
1948 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1950 USGS Gasport quadrangle1:24000
1952 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Gasport quadrangle1:24000
1965 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1979 USGS Gasport quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

55 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Gilberts Corner between 2001 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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	22
Debris and open burning	11
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Arson/incendiarism	6
Natural	4
Smoking	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
30 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 September 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
24 September 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
21 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
19 September 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
15 September 2004	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
15 September 2001	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Niagara County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Gilberts Corner: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Royalton Quarry	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Sedimentary
	Royalton Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Niagara 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Royalton Center	1.1 miles	27
McNalls	3.0 miles	27
Wolcottsville	3.0 miles	27
Dysinger	3.2 miles	27
Reynales Basin	3.8 miles	27
Gasport	4.2 miles	27
Terrys Corners	4.4 miles	27
Middleport	4.6 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951098. 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.