Maples, New York

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Mansfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 14755. It stands on Goodell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ellicottville quadrangle.

Maples 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 Maples, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Maples, surveyed 1924

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 Ellicottville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1941 USGS Ellicottville quadrangle1:62500
1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Ellicottville 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

26 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Maples between 2002 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning	11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Natural	4
Arson/incendiarism	2
Equipment and vehicle use	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
22 September 2008	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 August 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 May 2015	Arson/incendiarism	2.5 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
22 May 2007	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
17 May 2013	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
27 April 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
25 April 2009	Debris and open burning	3.3 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
25 April 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.2 acres	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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Maples: 1 producer. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	East Otto Town 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
Eddyville	1.5 miles	16
Orlando	2.3 miles	13
Plato	3.6 miles	13
Five Points	3.9 miles	16
East Otto	4.0 miles	16
Ellicottville	5.2 miles	13
Otto	5.3 miles	16
Ashford Hollow	5.5 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 956461. 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.