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Kiantone, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Kiantone town. It lies in ZIP code area 14701. It stands on York Run. The Survey maps it on the Jamestown quadrangle.

Kiantone within Chautauqua County

Then and now

1905 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kiantone, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Kiantone, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

102 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Kiantone between 1992 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined37
Arson/incendiarism23
Debris and open burning19
Natural10
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
9 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2000Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chautauqua County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kiantone: 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Natural Gas. 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
Weiss No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
A.Donelson No.1 WellSaltProspect

Every working recorded in Chautauqua County

Storms near this place

10 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kiantone in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 hail. 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
May 2011Thunderstorm WindKiantone$25,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindKiantone$25,000no account filed
January 1999Flash FloodKiantone$25,000no account filed
June 1998HailKiantone$20,000no account filed
July 2014Thunderstorm WindKiantone$15,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
January 1999Flash FloodKiantone$15,000no account filed
January 1999Flash FloodKiantone$10,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindKiantone$8,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindKiantone$500Tree downed in Kiantone.
June 2021Flash FloodKiantone-South Main Street Extension closed from Bacon Road to the Pennsylvania state line due to high water.

Every storm recorded in Chautauqua 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
Stillwater2.8 miles17
Frewsburg3.1 miles17
Fentonville3.3 miles17
Busti4.7 miles17
Jamestown5.5 miles17
Dodge5.9 miles17
Ivory6.3 miles17
Arowley Manor6.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954585. 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.