Rays Corners, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Leon town. It lies in ZIP code area 14726. The Survey maps it on the Cherry Creek quadrangle.

Rays Corners within Cattaraugus County

Then and now

1900 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rays Corners, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Rays Corners, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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.

1900 USGS Cherry Creek quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1941 USGS Cherry Creek quadrangle1:62500
1954 USGS Cherry Creek quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

49 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Rays Corners between 1993 and 2019, burning about 62 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 15 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	24
Arson/incendiarism	15
Natural	4
Debris and open burning	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Smoking	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
7 August 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 July 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
25 July 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
15 July 2016	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
3 June 2017	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
13 June 2008	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
10 June 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
9 May 2006	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cattaraugus 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 Rays Corners: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Conewango Town Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	William Marsh No.1 Well	Salt	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Cattaraugus 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Leon	2.2 miles	17
Conewango	2.3 miles	17
Pope	4.7 miles	17
Axeville	4.8 miles	16
Skunks Corner	6.4 miles	17
South Dayton	6.5 miles	17
East Leon	7.1 miles	15
Randolph	8.3 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962252. 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.