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Sawens, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Darien town. It lies in ZIP code area 14036. The Survey maps it on the Alexander quadrangle.

Sawens within Genesee County

Then and now

1905 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sawens, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Sawens, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

75 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Sawens between 2002 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined32
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 July 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Genesee 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 Sawens: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Charles Chick WellSaltPast Producer
Alexander PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Alexander PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Genesee 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
North Darien0.3 miles19
Lehigh1.6 miles19
Darien1.8 miles19
Longwood1.9 miles19
Darien Center2.6 miles17
Griswold2.6 miles19
Ray3.0 miles19
Corfu3.5 miles17

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 Q122552286The 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 973042. 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.