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Reed Corners, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pomfret town. It lies in ZIP code area 14063. The Survey maps it on the Dunkirk quadrangle.

Reed Corners within Chautauqua 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 Reed Corners, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Reed Corners, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

248 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 248 fires within 5 miles of Reed Corners between 2000 and 2020, burning about 108 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 43 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/undetermined129
Arson/incendiarism43
Debris and open burning41
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural12
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2004Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chautauqua 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 Reed Corners: 1 producer, 1 plant, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, 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
Allegheny Ludlum/ Dunkirk, N.Y.IronPlant
Johnson No.1 WellSaltProspect
Peck Gravel BankSand 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
Fredonia1.5 miles19
Laona2.0 miles19
Dunkirk2.4 miles19
Cordova2.5 miles19
Cook Corners3.2 miles19
Cowdens Corner3.3 miles19
Shumla4.5 miles19
Sheridan4.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962342. 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.