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Shooktown, 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.

Shooktown 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 Shooktown, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Shooktown, surveyed 1897

On record in Shooktown

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 2 records

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

274 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 274 fires within 5 miles of Shooktown between 2000 and 2020, burning about 188 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 41 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/undetermined141
Arson/incendiarism41
Smoking34
Natural22
Debris and open burning16
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony1

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
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
4 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

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 Shooktown: 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
Carlisle Gardens1.4 miles28
Lockport1.6 miles28
South Lockport1.9 miles28
Nottingham Estates2.0 miles28
Highland Park2.6 miles28
Ridgelea Heights2.9 miles28
Terrys Corners3.5 miles27
Raymond3.6 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965149. 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.