Soldiers Place, New York
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Buffalo City. It lies in ZIP code area 14222. It stands on Scajaquada Creek. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo NE quadrangle.
Then and now
1894 to 1984The 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.


Compare 1894 against another survey:
On record in Soldiers Place
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 12 of 27 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Buffalo State HospitalNational Historic Landmark · listed 1973 · 0.6 miles away
Buffalo State Asylum for the InsaneNational Historic Landmark · listed 1986 · 0.6 miles away
Buffalo and Erie County Historical SocietyNational Historic Landmark · listed 1980 · 0.7 miles away
Buffalo Seminarylisted 2011 · 0.1 miles away
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Churchlisted 2009 · 0.2 miles away
Delaware Park-Front Park Systemlisted 1982 · 0.4 miles away
Parke Apartmentslisted 2007 · 0.4 miles away
Albright-Knox Art Gallerylisted 1971 · 0.5 miles away
Garret Clublisted 2007 · 0.6 miles away
Edwin M. and Emily S. Johnston Houselisted 1997 · 0.6 miles away
Col. William Kelly Houselisted 1997 · 0.6 miles away
Elmwood Historic District-Westlisted 2012 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 25 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.
- 1894 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:62500, 12 printings
- 1948 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Buffalo NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Buffalo NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Buffalo NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
819 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 819 fires within 5 miles of Soldiers Place between 2000 and 2020, burning about 286 acres in total. 114 started naturally. 96 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 | 505 |
| Natural | 114 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 96 |
| Smoking | 58 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Soldiers Place: 3 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Perlite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Perlite Plant | Perlite | Plant | ||
| Eastern Limestone Operation | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Williams Gold Refin./ Buffalo, N.Y. | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Hanna Furnace Corp/ Buffalo, N.Y. | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Republic Steel/ Buffalo, N.Y. | Iron | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo | 2.7 miles | 26 | |
| Kenmore | 2.8 miles | 25 | |
| Kenilworth | 3.1 miles | 25 | |
| Ellwood Park | 3.6 miles | 25 | |
| Pine Hill | 4.3 miles | 25 | |
| Eggertsville | 4.5 miles | 25 | |
| Grover Cleveland Terrace | 4.8 miles | 25 | |
| Sloan | 4.8 miles | 25 |
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 Q122561896 | 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 973084. 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.










