Knapp Creek, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Allegany town. It lies in ZIP code area 14760. It lies near Bucher Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Knapp Creek quadrangle.

Knapp Creek within Cattaraugus County

Then and now

1900 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Knapp Creek, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Knapp Creek, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

1900 USGS Salamanca quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1938 USGS Salamanca quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1943 USGS Salamanca quadrangle1:62500
1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Knapp Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Knapp Creek quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Olean quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

17 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Knapp Creek between 2001 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined	7
Natural	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Smoking	1
Debris and open burning	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
14 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
30 July 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
12 July 2012	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
11 June 2017	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
3 May 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
21 May 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.2 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
19 May 2003	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
9 April 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	7.0 acres	Pennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protection	DALLAS ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cattaraugus 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 Knapp Creek: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Bosers Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	William J. Lippert & Son S & G Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Cattaraugus 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Nichols Run	0.8 miles	19
Rock City	1.7 miles	19
Harrisburg	2.1 miles	19
Four Mile	2.3 miles	19
Gardens of Brother Leo	4.9 miles	19
Glen of Saint Clare	4.9 miles	19
Barnum	5.0 miles	19
Village of Saint Anthony	5.0 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954758. 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.