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Homer Hill, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Olean City. It lies in ZIP code area 14760. It lies near Johnson Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Olean quadrangle.

Homer Hill within Cattaraugus County

Then and now

1898 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Homer Hill, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Homer Hill, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

186 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Homer Hill between 1995 and 2019, burning about 169 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined77
Debris and open burning38
Smoking21
Arson/incendiarism21
Natural15
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony1
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
9 September 2008Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2008Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cattaraugus County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Homer Hill: 7 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Allegany Aggregates PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Allegany Aggregates PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bosers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
E.F. Lippert and Co. S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
E.F. Lippert and Co. S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gulf Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gulf Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lower Birch Run Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lower Birch Run Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
William J. Lippert & Son S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Cattaraugus 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
North Olean0.9 miles19
Boardmanville1.2 miles19
Baldwin Heights1.4 miles19
South Olean1.6 miles19
Olean1.6 miles19
Saint Bonaventure1.8 miles19
East Olean1.9 miles19
Village of Saint Anthony1.9 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 953127. 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.