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Niobe, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Harmony town. It lies in ZIP code area 14767. It stands on East Branch Little Brokenstraw Creek. The Survey maps it on the Panama quadrangle.

Niobe within Chautauqua County

Then and now

1904 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Niobe, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Niobe, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

41 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Niobe between 1997 and 2019, burning about 35 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined15
Natural9
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism4
Other causes2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
4 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 June 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 June 2011Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 June 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 May 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
2 May 2015Debris and open burningunder an acrePennsylvania Division of Forest Fire ProtectionNORTH ROAD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chautauqua 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 Niobe: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Natural Gas. 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
Kyle Morse No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
Toplovich Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
North East Junction0.8 miles16
Cherry Hill2.0 miles16
Watts Flats2.6 miles16
Panama4.7 miles16
Blockville5.2 miles16
Boomertown6.3 miles17
Ashville7.0 miles16
Clymer Center7.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958614. 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.