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Town Line Station, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lancaster town. It lies in ZIP code area 14004. The Survey maps it on the Clarence quadrangle.

Town Line Station 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 Town Line Station, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Town Line Station, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

218 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 218 fires within 5 miles of Town Line Station between 2000 and 2020, burning about 95 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 33 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/undetermined100
Arson/incendiarism33
Debris and open burning26
Natural22
Recreation and ceremony17
Smoking12
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2004Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Erie County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Town Line Station: 8 past producers, 7 producers, 1 prospect. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Salt. 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
F.W.Heist No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasProspect
Lancaster QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lancaster Quarry and PlantLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Clarence Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Clarence Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Genessee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Genessee PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jones Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jones Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lancaster Dredge ESand 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
Town Line0.7 miles19
Dellwood1.1 miles19
Looneyville2.0 miles19
Pavement (historical)2.6 miles19
Wende2.8 miles19
West Alden3.0 miles19
Alden Center3.0 miles19
Sand Ridge3.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 967709. 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.