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Lamberton, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pomfret town. It lies in ZIP code area 14063. The Survey maps it on the Brocton quadrangle.

Lamberton within Chautauqua 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 Lamberton, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Lamberton, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

136 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Lamberton between 2000 and 2020, burning about 131 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 31 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/undetermined65
Arson/incendiarism31
Debris and open burning14
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony5
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
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
22 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2016Naturalunder 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 Lamberton: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Peck Gravel BankSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Portland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chautauqua County

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lamberton in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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
March 2026Thunderstorm WindLamberton-Fredonia New York State Mesonet station.
July 2018Heavy RainLamberton-Rainfall of 3.09 inches reported in 24 hours.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindLamberton-no account filed

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
Greencrest2.4 miles18
Crestview Estates2.6 miles18
Van Buren Bay2.7 miles18
Van Buren Point2.8 miles18
Ellicott Estates2.9 miles18
Brocton3.0 miles18
Cordova3.3 miles19
Vineyard3.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 955002. 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.