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Griswold, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Arkwright town. It lies in ZIP code area 14718. It stands on Markum Brook. The Survey maps it on the Hamlet quadrangle.

Griswold within Chautauqua County

Then and now

1900 to 1986

The 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 sheet of Griswold, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Griswold, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

29 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Griswold between 1995 and 2019, burning about 36 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined18
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking1
Natural1

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
10 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 June 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 May 1995Smoking15 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
7 April 1998Debris and open burning6.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chautauqua County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Griswold: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt. 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
Johnson No.1 WellSaltProspect

Every working recorded in Chautauqua 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
Black Corners2.5 miles17
Arkwright2.8 miles17
Hubbards Park3.6 miles17
Cowdens Corner3.8 miles19
Shumla3.9 miles19
Charlotte Center4.4 miles16
Cassadaga4.5 miles19
Hamlet5.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972574. 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.