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Snyder, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Amherst town. It lies in ZIP code area 14226. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo NE quadrangle.

Snyder within Erie County

Then and now

1894 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Snyder, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Snyder, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

On record in Snyder

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 6 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

935 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 935 fires within 5 miles of Snyder between 2000 and 2020, burning about 364 acres in total. 171 started naturally. 66 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/undetermined511
Natural171
Smoking103
Arson/incendiarism66
Recreation and ceremony27
Debris and open burning22
Equipment and vehicle use17
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2000Missing 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Snyder: 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
North and South QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Williams Gold Refin./ Buffalo, N.Y.GoldUnknown
Hanna Furnace Corp/ Buffalo, N.Y.IronUnknown
Republic Steel/ Buffalo, N.Y.IronUnknown

Every working recorded in Erie County

Storms near this place

5 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snyder in 5 storm reports between 2002 and 2017: 2 hail, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
June 2008HailSnyder$50,000no account filed
August 2002LightningSnyder$30,000no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindSnyder$15,000Telephone poles were reported down on North Forest Road.
April 2017FloodSnyder$10,000no account filed
August 2008HailSnyder$10,000no 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
Eggertsville1.1 miles25
Cleveland Hill1.3 miles25
Grover Cleveland Terrace1.3 miles25
Amherst1.3 miles25
North Bailey2.2 miles25
Williamsville2.4 miles19
Kenilworth2.9 miles25
Pine Hill3.1 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965589. 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.