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Nottingham Estates, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lockport town. It lies in ZIP code area 14094. The Survey maps it on the Lockport quadrangle.

Nottingham Estates within Niagara County

Then and now

1897 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Nottingham Estates, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Nottingham Estates, surveyed 1897

On record in Nottingham Estates

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

283 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 283 fires within 5 miles of Nottingham Estates between 2000 and 2020, burning about 182 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 52 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/undetermined140
Arson/incendiarism52
Smoking34
Natural21
Debris and open burning14
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2003Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Niagara County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Nottingham Estates: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Limestone, General, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Royalton QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Royalton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Simonds Steel Div/ Lockport, N.Y.IronUnknown

Every working recorded in Niagara 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
Carlisle Gardens0.8 miles28
Highland Park1.9 miles28
Shooktown2.0 miles28
Ridgelea Heights2.1 miles28
Terrys Corners2.3 miles27
Lockport2.7 miles28
Orangeport2.7 miles27
Wrights Corners3.3 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 959045. 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.