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North East Junction, 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.

North East Junction 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 North East Junction, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of North East Junction, 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

46 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of North East Junction between 1997 and 2019, burning about 36 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined17
Debris and open burning9
Natural9
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes2
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
31 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 June 2000Arson/incendiarismunder 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

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 North East Junction: 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
Niobe0.8 miles16
Cherry Hill1.6 miles16
Watts Flats1.9 miles16
Panama4.5 miles16
Blockville4.5 miles16
Boomertown5.5 miles17
Ashville6.2 miles16
Maple Point7.1 miles17

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122550011The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972862. 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.