Stella Niagara, New York
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lewiston town. It lies in ZIP code area 14174. The Survey maps it on the Lewiston quadrangle. It stands 318 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1894 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 27 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 Niagara Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1896 USGS Niagara Falls quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1900 USGS Niagara Falls quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1901 USGS Niagara Falls quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1950 USGS Lewiston quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Lewiston quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Lewiston quadrangle1:25000
- 1986 USGS Niagara Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
162 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Stella Niagara between 2000 and 2020, burning about 108 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 26 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 | 96 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stella Niagara in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stella Niagara | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stella Niagara | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stella Niagara | $500 | A tree was downed onto the Niagara Scenic Parkway by Pletcher Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Manors | 1.2 miles | 27 | |
| Collingwood Estates | 1.9 miles | 27 | |
| Lewiston | 2.1 miles | 27 | |
| Youngstown Estates | 2.4 miles | 27 | |
| Blairville | 2.6 miles | 27 | |
| Lewiston Heights | 2.6 miles | 27 | |
| Rumsey Ridge | 2.8 miles | 27 | |
| Escarpment | 3.0 miles | 27 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Stella Niagara | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48740538 | 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 966344. 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.
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.










