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Webster Corners, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Orchard Park town. It lies in ZIP code area 14127. The Survey maps it on the Orchard Park quadrangle.

Webster Corners 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 Webster Corners, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Webster Corners, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

403 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 403 fires within 5 miles of Webster Corners between 2000 and 2020, burning about 158 acres in total. 63 started naturally. 52 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/undetermined251
Natural63
Arson/incendiarism52
Smoking13
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
7 September 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2014Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Erie County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Webster Corners: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bloating Material. 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
Mauls PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
West FallsBloating MaterialPast ProducerSedimentary
Olivieri PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Orchard Park PitClayProducer
West Falls Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Erie County

Storms near this place

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Webster Corners in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2020Thunderstorm WindWebster Corners$5,000Aluminum poles were sheared off from the bottom at the Orchard Park High School Athletic Field. Additionally, metal benches of 15 ft in length were launched and displaced.

Every storm 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
Websters Corners0.1 miles21
Orchard Park1.0 miles21
Windom2.3 miles25
Duells Corner2.4 miles16
Ellicott3.3 miles16
Ebenezer3.4 miles25
Deonundaga (historical)3.6 miles25
Big Tree3.6 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968987. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.