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Kimball Stand, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Gerry town. It lies in ZIP code area 14701. It stands on Hatch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ellery Center quadrangle.

Kimball Stand within Chautauqua County

Then and now

1904 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kimball Stand, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Kimball Stand, surveyed 1904

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

107 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Kimball Stand between 1993 and 2020, burning about 90 acres in total. 11 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/undetermined50
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning12
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
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 2004Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2017Debris and open burning1.1 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 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 Chautauqua County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Kimball Stand: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Natural Gas, Zirconium. 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
Carborundum Co/ Falconer, N.Y.ZirconiumUnknown
Gerry Homes No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasProspect
Marsh PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Marsh PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oak Hill Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Oak Hill Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Woodlawn PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Gerry1.3 miles17
Ross Mills2.0 miles17
Towerville3.2 miles19
Fluvanna4.3 miles17
Bonita4.3 miles17
Elmhurst4.4 miles17
Redbird4.5 miles19
Sunnyside4.6 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.

Wikidata item Q122561100The 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 954615. 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.