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Indian Falls, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Pembroke town. It lies in ZIP code area 14036. The Survey maps it on the Akron quadrangle.

Indian Falls within Genesee County

Then and now

1897 to 1984

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 Indian Falls, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Indian Falls, surveyed 1897

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

151 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Indian Falls between 1999 and 2020, burning about 102 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined90
Debris and open burning21
Natural15
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
6 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Genesee 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 Indian Falls: 7 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sulfur, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Alabama QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Alabama QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
American Gypsum Co. ShaftGypsum-Anhydrite, SulfurPast Producer
Akron Gypsum Co.ShaftGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
American Gypsum Co. ShaftGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Oakfield Gypsum Products Corp. MineGypsum-AnhydritePlant
Pheonix Gypsum Company MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Standard Plaster Co. WorkingsGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Test Holes For GypsumGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Universal Gypsum and Lime Co. MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Genesee County

Storms near this place

4 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Indian Falls in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2024Thunderstorm WindIndian Falls$20,000Large tree branch downed at intersection of Alleghany Road and Akron Road. Trees also downed on Akron Road, Little Falls Road, and Phelps Road.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindIndian Falls$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindIndian Falls$10,000The Genesee County Sheriff reported trees down.
September 2024Tornado (EF0)Indian Falls-NWS Storm Survey confirms brief, weak EF-0 tornado in the Hamlet of Indian Falls from near NY Route 77 to Little Falls Road. About a half dozen trees were damaged or blown down, but all trees showed significant rot. Max winds were 75 mph, path length was 0.2 miles, width 50 yards, and duration was 2 minutes.

Every storm recorded in Genesee 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
Brick House Corners2.2 miles17
Pembroke Center2.6 miles19
Pembroke2.7 miles17
Basom2.9 miles19
North Pembroke3.3 miles17
Cookville3.9 miles17
Corfu4.5 miles17
South Alabama4.7 miles17

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Indian FallsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6020278The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 953650. 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.