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Ridgelea Heights, 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.

Ridgelea Heights 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 Ridgelea Heights, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Ridgelea Heights, surveyed 1897

On record in Ridgelea Heights

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

277 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 277 fires within 5 miles of Ridgelea Heights between 2000 and 2020, burning about 181 acres in total. 17 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
Natural17
Debris and open burning10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony1
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 2003Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Other causesunder 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
28 September 2003Debris and open burningunder 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ridgelea Heights: 3 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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
Simonds Steel Div/ Lockport, N.Y.IronUnknown
Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Lockport QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Royalton QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Royalton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

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
Highland Park0.3 miles28
Wrights Corners1.5 miles28
Carlisle Gardens1.8 miles28
Nottingham Estates2.1 miles28
Lockport2.3 miles28
Shooktown2.9 miles28
Corwin3.7 miles22
Ridgewood3.7 miles22

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 Q122567064The 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 962507. 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.