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Taylor Hollow, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Collins town. It lies in ZIP code area 14034. It stands on North Branch Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the North Collins quadrangle.

Taylor Hollow within Erie County

Then and now

1905 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Taylor Hollow, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Taylor Hollow, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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.

Fires near this place

82 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Taylor Hollow between 2000 and 2019, burning about 59 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined55
Arson/incendiarism10
Debris and open burning7
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Erie 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 Taylor Hollow: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gernatt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lawson Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Erie 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Lawtons1.3 miles16
Collins1.7 miles15
Newtown2.0 miles16
Bagdad2.6 miles15
Iroquois3.2 miles16
Shirley4.0 miles16
Collins Center4.5 miles16
Marshfield4.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973142. 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.