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Johnson Creek, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Hartland town. It lies in ZIP code area 14105. The Survey maps it on the Gasport quadrangle.

Johnson Creek within Niagara 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 Johnson Creek, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Johnson Creek, surveyed 1897

On record in Johnson Creek

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

70 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Johnson Creek between 2000 and 2020, burning about 33 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/undetermined25
Arson/incendiarism18
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural6
Smoking5
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 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2004Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2014Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Niagara 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 Johnson Creek: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Royalton QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Medina Sandstone Quarry, Inc.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Royalton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Niagara 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
Middleport3.1 miles17
Reynales Basin3.1 miles27
Hartland3.2 miles27
Gasport4.5 miles27
Orangeport5.4 miles27
South Somerset5.5 miles22
North Hartland5.6 miles22
Royalton Center5.8 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954112. 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.