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Warrens Corners, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lockport town. It lies in ZIP code area 14094. The Survey maps it on the Cambria quadrangle.

Warrens Corners 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 Warrens Corners, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Warrens Corners, surveyed 1897

On record in Warrens Corners

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

12 surveys from 27 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

201 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Warrens Corners between 2002 and 2020, burning about 108 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 37 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/undetermined103
Arson/incendiarism37
Smoking27
Natural11
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Warrens Corners: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Simonds Steel Div/ Lockport, N.Y.IronUnknown

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
East Wilson1.7 miles27
Hickory Corners2.1 miles27
Molyneaux Corners2.3 miles27
South Wilson3.6 miles27
Coomer3.6 miles22
North Ridge3.8 miles27
Streeters Corners3.9 miles27
Lockport Junction4.0 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968823. 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.