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Jewettville, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Aurora town. It lies in ZIP code area 14170. The Survey maps it on the Colden quadrangle.

Jewettville within Erie County

Then and now

1925 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 59 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Jewettville, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Jewettville, surveyed 1925

Compare 1925 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

112 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Jewettville between 2003 and 2020, burning about 75 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined64
Natural21
Arson/incendiarism10
Debris and open burning9
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 September 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Erie County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Jewettville: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bloating Material. 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
Mauls PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
West FallsBloating MaterialPast ProducerSedimentary
Olivieri PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Orchard Park PitClayProducer
West Falls Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Erie County

Storms near this place

4 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jewettville in 4 storm reports between 2013 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
June 2013Thunderstorm WindJewettville$10,000Law enforcement reported trees down.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindJewettville$2,000Social media pictures of several trees downed near the Tanner Road crossing of the West Branch Cazenozia Creek.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindJewettville$1,000Social media picture of trees uprooted on Old Glenwood Road in West Falls.
July 2024Tornado (EF1)Jewettville-EF-1 tornado confirmed by NWS Storm Survey. Maximum winds estimated of 110 mph. Maximum path width of 400 yards. Path length estimated of 2.8 miles.

Every storm recorded in Erie 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
Griffins Mills0.8 miles16
Loveland1.1 miles16
West Falls1.5 miles16
Taylorshire2.0 miles16
Ellicott2.8 miles16
Duells Corner3.9 miles16
Orchard Park4.5 miles21
Blakeley4.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954027. 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.