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West Walworth, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Walworth town. It lies in ZIP code area 14502. It lies near Kuttruff Hill. The Survey maps it on the Ontario quadrangle.

West Walworth within Wayne County

Then and now

1900 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of West Walworth, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of West Walworth, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 20 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

195 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of West Walworth between 2000 and 2020, burning about 150 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 44 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/incendiarism44
Debris and open burning22
Smoking8
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
19 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
15 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne 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 West Walworth: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Highway Dept PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Walworth QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Walworth in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2021: 2 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 2017Thunderstorm WindWest Walworth$8,000Law enforcement reported power lines downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWest Walworth$1,000Trees were reported down.

Every storm recorded in Wayne 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
Lincoln2.5 miles20
Macedon Center3.9 miles20
Walworth3.9 miles20
Huddle4.2 miles20
Cator Corners4.3 miles20
North Macedon5.0 miles20
Wayneport5.2 miles20
Fruitland5.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 970888. 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.