BlockGreen Hills, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Portland town. It lies in ZIP code area 14769. It stands on Walker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brocton quadrangle.
Then and now
1900 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1900 USGS Dunkirk quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Dunkirk quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Brocton quadrangle1:24000, 2 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
56 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Green Hills between 2002 and 2020, burning about 31 acres in total. 3 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 | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
| 9 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 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:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Green Hills: 1 producer. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portland Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Vineyard | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Brocton | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Crestview Estates | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| West Portland | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Ellicott Estates | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Bournes Beach | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Greencrest | 5.0 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951688. 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.