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Humphrey, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Humphrey town. It lies in ZIP code area 14741. The Survey maps it on the Humphrey quadrangle.

Humphrey within Cattaraugus 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 Humphrey, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Humphrey, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

22 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Humphrey between 2006 and 2017, burning about 31 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
3 August 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
30 June 2006Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 May 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 May 2006Arson/incendiarism1.7 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 April 2008Debris and open burningunder 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Humphrey: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Aultman-Hale No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Great Valley Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
William J. Lippert & Son S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cattaraugus County

Storms near this place

1 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Humphrey in 1 storm report in 1994: 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
July 1994Thunderstorm WindHumphrey$5,000no account filed

Every storm 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
Humphrey Center2.0 miles20
Willoughby3.7 miles20
Sugartown3.7 miles20
Great Valley5.2 miles19
Peth6.4 miles19
Fitch6.7 miles13
Vandalia7.9 miles19
Ischua7.9 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 953433. 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.