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Kenmore, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Tonawanda town. It lies in ZIP code area 14217. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo NE quadrangle.

Kenmore within Erie County

Then and now

1894 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kenmore, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Kenmore, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

On record in Kenmore

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 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

714 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 714 fires within 5 miles of Kenmore between 2000 and 2020, burning about 316 acres in total. 111 started naturally. 61 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/undetermined401
Natural111
Smoking75
Arson/incendiarism61
Equipment and vehicle use26
Debris and open burning23
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Erie County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kenmore: 3 unknowns, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Perlite. 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
Buffalo Perlite PlantPerlitePlant
Williams Gold Refin./ Buffalo, N.Y.GoldUnknown
Hanna Furnace Corp/ Buffalo, N.Y.IronUnknown
Republic Steel/ Buffalo, N.Y.IronUnknown

Every working recorded in Erie County

Storms near this place

25 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kenmore in 25 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 15 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 hail, 2 flood. 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 2013FloodKenmore$150,000no account filed
July 2006Flash FloodKenmore$100,000no account filed
June 2008HailKenmore$50,000no account filed
April 1993Thunderstorm WindKenmore$50,000no account filed
July 2016LightningKenmore$30,000no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindKenmore$25,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindKenmore$15,000no account filed
September 1997Thunderstorm WindKenmore$15,000no account filed
August 2019Flash FloodKenmore$10,000Route 324 was closed due to high water from Colvin Boulevard to Belmont Avenue.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindKenmore$10,000The media reported trees down on Stilwell Avenue.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindKenmore$10,000Law enforecment reported trees and wires down on Oxford Avenue.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindKenmore$10,000Law enforecment reported trees and wires down on Tremont Avenue.
May 2017FloodKenmore$10,000no account filed
January 2008Thunderstorm WindKenmore$10,000no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindKenmore$10,000no account filed
July 1997HailKenmore$8,000no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindKenmore$5,000A large tree branch fell on and damaged a call on Treadwell Road.
August 2019Flash FloodKenmore$5,000Niagara Falls Boulevard was closed from Alameda Avenue to Maple Road due to flooding.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindKenmore$2,000Trees and wires were downed in the City of Buffalo on Taunton Place.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindKenmore$1,000Several trees were downed in the City of Buffalo on Parker Ave.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindKenmore$1,000Trees were reported down on Frontenac Street.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindKenmore$1,000Trees were reported downed in Emlawn Memorial Park.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindKenmore$500A tree was downed onto Westchester Boulevard.
July 2021Heavy RainKenmore-A six hour rainfall report was received.
August 2019Heavy RainKenmore-Heavy rain of 2.51 inches was reported in 60-90 minutes.

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
Ellwood Park1.1 miles25
Kenilworth1.7 miles25
Brighton2.5 miles25
Soldiers Place2.8 miles25
Grover Cleveland Terrace3.4 miles25
Eggertsville3.5 miles25
Green Acres Valley3.5 miles28
Tonawanda3.8 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954497. 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.