Sheldon, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sheldon town. It lies in ZIP code area 14145. The Survey maps it on the Strykersville quadrangle.

Sheldon within Wyoming County

Then and now

1923 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sheldon, surveyed 1984

Topographic sheet of Sheldon, surveyed 1923

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

1923 USGS Arcade quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1925 USGS Arcade quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1957 USGS Strykersville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

59 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Sheldon between 2000 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined	30
Natural	15
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Debris and open burning	5
Arson/incendiarism	3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
2 September 2012	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
14 September 2019	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
1 September 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
3 August 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
13 August 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
8 July 2012	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
27 July 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wyoming 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Dutch Hollow	1.4 miles	15
Sheldon Center	1.6 miles	15
Plants Corner	2.3 miles	15
North Sheldon	2.3 miles	15
Harris Corners	2.6 miles	15
Strykersville	2.7 miles	15
Frinks Corner	2.8 miles	15
Persons Corners	2.8 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965009. 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.