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Hamlet, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Villenova town. It lies in ZIP code area 14062. It lies near Round Top Hill. The Survey maps it on the Hamlet quadrangle.

Hamlet 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 Hamlet, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Hamlet, 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

32 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Hamlet between 1997 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined20
Debris and open burning4
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
14 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
31 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
7 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 June 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 May 1997Smoking15 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 Hamlet: 1 past producer. 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
C.J.Sutter No.1 WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Chautauqua County

Storms near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hamlet in 1 storm report in 2018: 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
September 2018Thunderstorm WindHamlet$3,000Trees and wires were reported down.

Every storm 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
Balcom2.0 miles17
Balcom Corners2.4 miles17
Hubbards Park2.6 miles17
Black Corners3.7 miles17
Wango4.0 miles18
Griswold5.0 miles16
Cherry Creek5.5 miles17
Arkwright6.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 952111. 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.