North Bailey, New York
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Amherst town. It lies in ZIP code area 14226. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo NE quadrangle.
Then and now
1894 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1894 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 25 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1894 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:62500, 12 printings
- 1948 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Buffalo NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Buffalo NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Buffalo NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
675 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 675 fires within 5 miles of North Bailey between 2000 and 2020, burning about 304 acres in total. 122 started naturally. 56 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/undetermined | 354 |
| Natural | 122 |
| Smoking | 71 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 56 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 7 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 4 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of North Bailey: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North and South Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Bailey in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2021: 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2009 | Flood | North Bailey | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Bailey | $500 | A tree was reported down onto Sheridan Drive by the media. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst | 0.9 miles | 25 | |
| Grover Cleveland Terrace | 1.3 miles | 25 | |
| Willow Ridge Estates | 1.5 miles | 28 | |
| Brighton | 1.7 miles | 25 | |
| Green Acres Valley | 1.8 miles | 28 | |
| Eggertsville | 1.9 miles | 25 | |
| Snyder | 2.2 miles | 25 | |
| Kenilworth | 2.7 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958668. 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.










