BlockShorelands, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Chautauqua Lake unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 14728. It stands on Big Inlet. The Survey maps it on the Chautauqua quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
On record in Shorelands
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.
Point Chautauqua Historic Districtlisted 1996 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1904 USGS Chautaqua quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1904 USGS Chautauqua quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Chautauqua quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Chautauqua quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
64 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Shorelands between 1993 and 2020, burning about 79 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 20 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 | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 16 August 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 13 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 6 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 July 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wooglin | 0.3 miles | 18 | |
| Hartfield | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Dewittville | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Cottage Park | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Lakeside Park | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Point Pleasant | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Mayville | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Pleasantville | 2.3 miles | 18 |
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 Q122554962 | The 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 965162. 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.