Marvin, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in French Creek town. It lies in ZIP code area 14724. It stands on Beaver Meadow Brook. The Survey maps it on the Clymer quadrangle.

Marvin within Chautauqua County

Then and now

1905 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Marvin, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Marvin, surveyed 1905

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.

1905 USGS Clymer quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1939 USGS Clymer quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1941 USGS Clymer quadrangle1:62500
1954 USGS Clymer quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

8 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Marvin between 2003 and 2018, burning about 5 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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	4
Debris and open burning	3
Arson/incendiarism	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
6 July 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
23 June 2016	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
9 May 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
1 May 2018	Debris and open burning	1.1 acres	Pennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protection	HUBBEL RUN
24 April 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
20 April 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
15 April 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
13 November 2016	Debris and open burning	2.2 acres	Pennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protection	CREEK ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chautauqua County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Marvin: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
O.R.Reed No.1 Well	Salt	Prospect
Lowville Pit and Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Nicholson Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Nicholson Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Cutting	2.1 miles	19
French Creek	3.0 miles	19
Morgan Corners	4.3 miles	19
Clymer	5.6 miles	19
Findley Lake	6.1 miles	19
Clymer Hill	6.6 miles	19
Jaquins	6.7 miles	19
Mina	7.2 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 956607. 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.