Sunset Bay, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hanover town. It lies in ZIP code area 14081. The Survey maps it on the Silver Creek quadrangle.

Sunset Bay within Chautauqua County

Then and now

1899 to 1986

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 Sunset Bay, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Sunset Bay, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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.

1899 USGS Silver Creek quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
1943 USGS Silver Creek quadrangle1:24000
1944 USGS Silver Creek quadrangle1:31680
1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Silver Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Silver Creek quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

153 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Sunset Bay between 2000 and 2020, burning about 96 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 22 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	90
Arson/incendiarism	22
Debris and open burning	18
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Natural	7
Smoking	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	4

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
6 September 2015	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
6 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 September 2016	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
21 September 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
21 September 2002	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
10 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
10 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
1 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chautauqua County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sunset Bay: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Hanover Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Hanover Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Chautauqua 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
Hanford Bay	0.7 miles	18
Irving	1.1 miles	17
Silver Creek	2.2 miles	18
Hanover Center	3.0 miles	18
Dennison Corners	4.9 miles	17
Smith Mills	4.9 miles	18
Keaches Corners	5.2 miles	17
Hawkins Corner	5.8 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 966831. 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.