Walmore, New York
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Wheatfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 14132. The Survey maps it on the Tonawanda West quadrangle.
Then and now
1897 to 1984The 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.


On record in Walmore
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Town of Niagara District School No. 2listed 2005 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 30 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.
- 1897 USGS Tonawanda quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Niagara quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1900 USGS Tonawanda quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Tonawanda quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1948 USGS Tonawanda quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Tonawanda West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Tonawanda West quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Tonawanda West quadrangle1:25000
- 1962 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Tonawanda West quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Tonawanda West quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
599 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 599 fires within 5 miles of Walmore between 2000 and 2020, burning about 369 acres in total. 60 started naturally. 136 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 | 302 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 136 |
| Natural | 60 |
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Smoking | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 7 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Eastern Regional Office | TUSCARORA #14 |
| 6 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Walmore: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niagara Falls Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Niagara St0ne Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bergholtz | 1.8 miles | 30 | |
| Colonial Village | 2.1 miles | 28 | |
| Black Creek Village | 2.6 miles | 30 | |
| Sanborn | 2.7 miles | 28 | |
| Love Canal | 2.8 miles | 30 | |
| Saint Johnsburg | 3.2 miles | 30 | |
| La Salle | 3.3 miles | 30 | |
| Pletchers Corners | 3.5 miles | 30 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968710. 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.













