Lyndon, New York

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lyndon town. It lies in ZIP code area 14727. The Survey maps it on the Rawson quadrangle.

Lyndon within Cattaraugus County

Then and now

1924 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 62 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lyndon, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Lyndon, surveyed 1924

On record in Lyndon

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 1 record

North Lyndon Schoolhouselisted 2000

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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.

1924 USGS Franklinville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1942 USGS Franklinville quadrangle1:62500
1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Rawson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Olean quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

42 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Lyndon between 2001 and 2020, burning about 35 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined	20
Arson/incendiarism	10
Debris and open burning	7
Smoking	2
Natural	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
24 September 2018	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
9 July 2014	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
28 July 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
20 July 2016	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
2 July 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
9 June 2006	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
16 June 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
9 May 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

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 Lyndon: 1 past producer, 1 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
	Franklinville Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
	Franklinville Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

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
Abbotts	3.8 miles	13
Ischua	4.7 miles	19
Fitch	5.3 miles	13
Farmersville	5.8 miles	14
Franklinville	6.0 miles	13
Cadiz	6.1 miles	13
Laidlaw	7.0 miles	14
The Narrows	7.4 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972443. 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.