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Griffins Mills, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Aurora town. It lies in ZIP code area 14170. The Survey maps it on the Colden quadrangle.

Griffins Mills within Erie County

Then and now

1925 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 59 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Griffins Mills, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Griffins Mills, surveyed 1925

Compare 1925 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

114 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Griffins Mills between 2003 and 2020, burning about 77 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined64
Natural21
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder 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 Griffins Mills: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bloating Material, Clay. 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
Mauls PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
West FallsBloating MaterialPast ProducerSedimentary
West Falls Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working 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
Jewettville0.8 miles16
Taylorshire1.6 miles16
West Falls1.7 miles16
Loveland1.8 miles16
Ellicott3.5 miles16
Blakeley3.9 miles15
East Aurora4.2 miles19
Duells Corner4.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951821. 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.