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Red House, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Allegany Reservation. It lies in ZIP code area 14779. It stands on Meetinghouse Run. The Survey maps it on the Red House quadrangle.

Red House within Cattaraugus County

Then and now

1922 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 64 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Red House, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Red House, surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

133 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Red House between 2002 and 2020, burning about 189 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined99
Arson/incendiarism18
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Debris and open burning1

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
30 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 June 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 May 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cattaraugus County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Red House: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt. 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
J.W.Sharp No.1 WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cattaraugus County

Storms near this place

2 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red House in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 2016: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2016Flash FloodRed House$25,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindRed House$15,000no account filed

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Shongo2.2 miles19
Cold Spring3.5 miles18
Steamburg5.4 miles17
Salamanca5.6 miles19
Underwood Corner5.9 miles16
Kill Buck7.2 miles19
South Carrollton7.4 miles20
Elkdale7.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962295. 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.