Thornton, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cherry Creek town. It lies in ZIP code area 14723. The Survey maps it on the Hamlet quadrangle.

Thornton within Chautauqua County

Then and now

1900 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Thornton, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Thornton, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

1900 USGS Cherry Creek quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1941 USGS Cherry Creek quadrangle1:62500
1954 USGS Hamlet quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

35 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Thornton between 1995 and 2020, burning about 59 acres in total. 4 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	19
Arson/incendiarism	5
Natural	4
Debris and open burning	3
Smoking	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
10 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
10 September 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 August 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
13 August 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
25 July 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
2 July 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
15 July 2016	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
15 July 2005	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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Thornton: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Natural Gas. 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
	C.M.Estee Well	Salt, Natural Gas	Past Producer

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
Bates	0.8 miles	16
Cherry Creek	3.7 miles	17
Ellington	4.2 miles	17
Charlotte Center	5.1 miles	16
Conewango Valley	5.4 miles	17
Sinclairville	5.4 miles	19
Clear Creek	5.9 miles	17
Gerry	6.9 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 967435. 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.