Pletchers Corners, New York
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Niagara town. It lies in ZIP code area 14305. The Survey maps it on the Tonawanda West quadrangle.
Then and now
1897 to 1984The 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.


On record in Pletchers Corners
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.
- Niagara Power Project Historic Districtlisted 2017 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 30 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.
- 1897 USGS Tonawanda quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Niagara quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1900 USGS Tonawanda quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Tonawanda quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1948 USGS Tonawanda quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Tonawanda West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Tonawanda West quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Tonawanda West quadrangle1:25000
- 1962 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Tonawanda West quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Tonawanda West quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
871 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 871 fires within 5 miles of Pletchers Corners between 2000 and 2020, burning about 467 acres in total. 97 started naturally. 135 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 | 443 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 135 |
| Natural | 97 |
| Smoking | 57 |
| Debris and open burning | 52 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 48 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Pletchers Corners: 4 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Graphite, Zirconium, Chromium, Abrasive. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Industries/Niagara Falls, N.Y. | Zirconium | Unknown | ||
| Niagara Falls Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Niagara St0ne Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| SKW Alloys/ Niagara Falls, N.Y. | Iron, Manganese, Graphite | Producer | ||
| Special Abrasives/Niagara Falls, Ny | Abrasive | Unknown | ||
| Union Carbide/ Niagara Falls, N.Y. | Chromium, Graphite | Unknown | ||
| Great Lakes Carbon/Niagara Falls Ny | Graphite | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colonial Village | 1.9 miles | 28 | |
| Varsity Village | 2.5 miles | 27 | |
| La Salle | 3.0 miles | 30 | |
| Glenwood | 3.3 miles | 28 | |
| Rumsey Ridge | 3.3 miles | 27 | |
| Escarpment | 3.4 miles | 27 | |
| Black Creek Village | 3.4 miles | 30 | |
| Walmore | 3.5 miles | 30 |
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 Q122549582 | The 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 960752. 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.













