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Snyders Corners, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Persia town. It lies in ZIP code area 14719. The Survey maps it on the New Albion quadrangle.

Snyders Corners within Cattaraugus County

Then and now

1923 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 63 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Snyders Corners, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Snyders Corners, surveyed 1923

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Fires near this place

66 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Snyders Corners between 1995 and 2020, burning about 75 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined31
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural7
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
22 September 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew York Forest RangersSOUTH BRANCH FIRE
7 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 July 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 July 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersSOUTH BRANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cattaraugus 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 Snyders Corners: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gernatt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
South Dayton DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
C.H.Richey No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
J.P.Strickland No.3 WellSaltPast Producer
William Hills No.1 WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cattaraugus 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
Persia2.2 miles15
East Leon2.5 miles15
Wesley2.5 miles15
Cattaraugus3.2 miles16
Otto4.4 miles16
New Albion5.0 miles15
Dayton5.2 miles15
Markhams5.5 miles18

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 Q122590978The 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 965609. 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.