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Sardinia, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sardinia town. It lies in ZIP code area 14030. It stands on Hosmer Brook. The Survey maps it on the Sardinia quadrangle.

Sardinia within Erie County

Then and now

1925 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 59 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sardinia, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Sardinia, surveyed 1925

Compare 1925 against another survey:

On record in Sardinia

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

73 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Sardinia between 1995 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined40
Arson/incendiarism19
Natural7
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
22 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 August 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Erie County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Sardinia: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Fred Howe WellSaltPast Producer
K.R.Wilson No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Sardinia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Spencer and Haley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Spencer and Haley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Erie County

Storms near this place

10 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sardinia in 10 storm reports between 2005 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 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
August 2009Flash FloodSardinia$100,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindSardinia$20,000Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree which fell on and damaged a house.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindSardinia$15,000Local fire responders reported power poles and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindSardinia$15,000no account filed
September 2017Thunderstorm WindSardinia$8,000Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindSardinia$500Large tree downed on roadway.
July 2021Flash FloodSardinia-Flash flooding was reported on Genesee Road in Sardinia.
June 2022HailSardinia-no account filed
June 2022HailSardinia-no account filed
May 2017HailSardinia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Erie 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
Chaffee2.4 miles15
Protection4.7 miles15
Dutchtown5.6 miles15
East Concord7.0 miles14
Holland7.1 miles15
Footes7.8 miles14
Springville8.7 miles14
Glenwood9.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 964491. 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.