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Hanover Center, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hanover town. It lies in ZIP code area 14136. The Survey maps it on the Silver Creek quadrangle.

Hanover Center within Chautauqua County

Then and now

1899 to 1986

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 Hanover Center, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Hanover Center, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

142 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Hanover Center between 2000 and 2020, burning about 97 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined85
Arson/incendiarism18
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural6
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2004Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chautauqua 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 Hanover Center: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hanover PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hanover Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Chautauqua County

Storms near this place

4 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hanover Center in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2017: 4 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
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHanover Center$25,000no account filed
August 2017Thunderstorm WindHanover Center$10,000Law enforcement reported trees down by thunderstorm winds on Hanford Road.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindHanover Center$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines on Hanover Road.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindHanover Center$10,000Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds.

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
Dennison Corners1.9 miles17
Silver Creek2.3 miles18
Keaches Corners2.3 miles17
Smith Mills2.4 miles18
Hanford Bay2.6 miles18
Sunset Bay3.0 miles18
Hawkins Corner3.4 miles17
Irving3.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 952174. 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.