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Millgrove, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Alden town. It lies in ZIP code area 14004. The Survey maps it on the Clarence quadrangle.

Millgrove within Erie County

Then and now

1905 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Millgrove, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Millgrove, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

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.

Fires near this place

191 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Millgrove between 2000 and 2020, burning about 71 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 26 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/undetermined77
Arson/incendiarism26
Debris and open burning25
Natural23
Recreation and ceremony17
Smoking12
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
27 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
2 September 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Erie County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Millgrove: 7 past producers, 7 producers, 2 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Natural Gas, Limestone, General. 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
Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Limestone Quarry and PlantLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
B.Feldman No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasProspect
F.W.Heist No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasProspect
Clarence Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Clarence Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Genessee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Genessee PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jones Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jones Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Erie County

Storms near this place

5 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Millgrove in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
January 2012Thunderstorm WindMillgrove$30,000A NWS employee reported a roof blown off a garage and carried 100 feet downwind.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindMillgrove$20,000Thunderstorm winds downed a stand of trees in Millgrove.
September 1998HailMillgrove$20,000no account filed
November 2005Thunderstorm WindMillgrove$15,000no account filed
July 2020Heavy RainMillgrove-Rainfall of 2.72 inches was reported.

Every storm recorded in Erie 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
Wende0.7 miles19
Looneyville1.6 miles19
Peters Corners2.1 miles19
Dellwood2.3 miles19
South Newstead2.5 miles19
Sand Ridge2.5 miles19
Alden Center2.7 miles19
Clarence3.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957339. 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.