BlockSunset Beach, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Wilson town. It lies in ZIP code area 14172. It lies near Tugwells Island. The Survey maps it on the Wilson quadrangle. It stands 344 feet above sea level.
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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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 Wilson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Niagara quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1900 USGS Wilson quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Wilson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Wilson quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Wilson quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
66 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Sunset Beach between 2003 and 2020, burning about 80 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 5 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 | 38 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 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 |
| 17 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 30 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt Beach | 1.0 miles | 23 | |
| Wilson | 1.0 miles | 23 | |
| Coolidge Beach | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| Hopkins Beach | 2.6 miles | 25 | |
| Pleasant Corners | 3.6 miles | 23 | |
| Elberta | 3.8 miles | 23 | |
| North Wilson | 4.3 miles | 23 | |
| Uneeda Beach | 4.3 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.
| Wikipedia article on Sunset Beach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7641217 | 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 966832. 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.