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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.

Walmore within Niagara County

Then and now

1897 to 1984

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Walmore, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Walmore, surveyed 1897

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 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

599 since 2000

Regional 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/undetermined302
Arson/incendiarism136
Natural60
Debris and open burning39
Smoking25
Equipment and vehicle use20
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1
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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2020Recreation and ceremony1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreEastern Regional OfficeTUSCARORA #14
6 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Niagara 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Niagara Falls QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Niagara St0ne QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Niagara 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
Bergholtz1.8 miles30
Colonial Village2.1 miles28
Black Creek Village2.6 miles30
Sanborn2.7 miles28
Love Canal2.8 miles30
Saint Johnsburg3.2 miles30
La Salle3.3 miles30
Pletchers Corners3.5 miles30

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.