South Wilson, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Wilson town. It lies in ZIP code area 14172. The Survey maps it on the Cambria quadrangle.

South Wilson 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 South Wilson, surveyed 1984

Topographic sheet of South Wilson, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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.

1897 USGS Tonawanda quadrangle1:62500
1899 USGS Niagara quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1900 USGS Tonawanda quadrangle1:62500
1901 USGS Tonawanda quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
1948 USGS Tonawanda quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1949 USGS Cambria quadrangle1:24000
1952 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Cambria quadrangle1:24000
1965 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Cambria quadrangle1:25000
1984 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

108 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of South Wilson between 2002 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 24 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	58
Arson/incendiarism	24
Natural	12
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Debris and open burning	3
Smoking	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
8 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2002	Other causes	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
25 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
25 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
20 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
20 September 2009	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
2 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Pleasant Corners	1.7 miles	23
North Ridge	2.1 miles	27
Molyneaux Corners	2.3 miles	27
Streeters Corners	2.8 miles	27
East Wilson	2.9 miles	27
Elberta	3.4 miles	23
Warrens Corners	3.6 miles	27
Coomer	4.3 miles	22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 971946. 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.