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New Oregon, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in North Collins town. It lies in ZIP code area 14111. The Survey maps it on the Langford quadrangle.

New Oregon 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 New Oregon, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of New Oregon, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

43 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of New Oregon between 2001 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined29
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning5
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1

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
22 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
2 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
16 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 July 2011Missing 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of New Oregon: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt. 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
Henry Jones WellSaltPast Producer
Iroquois Gas Corp.Well No.796SaltProspect

Every working recorded in Erie County

Storms near this place

6 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Oregon in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2018: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. 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
May 2016Thunderstorm WindNew Oregon$15,000A post on social media showed a large tree down on Genesee Road in Concord.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindNew Oregon$10,000no account filed
September 2017Thunderstorm WindNew Oregon$8,000Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
October 2018Flash FloodNew Oregon$5,000Flooding was reported to close a portion of Genesee Road. Additional flooding closed a portion of Sharp Road with over three feet of water and debris.
May 2017HailNew Oregon-no account filed
May 2017HailNew Oregon-no account filed

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
Langford2.7 miles16
Wyandale2.7 miles16
Clarksburg3.0 miles16
Boston4.0 miles16
Fowlerville4.1 miles14
Marshfield4.1 miles16
Woodside4.8 miles16
Concord4.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958442. 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.