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Westbury, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Victory town. It lies in ZIP code area 13143. The Survey maps it on the Victory quadrangle.

Westbury within Cayuga County

Then and now

1902 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Westbury, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Westbury, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 24 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

68 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Westbury between 1999 and 2020, burning about 57 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined40
Recreation and ceremony9
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural3
Smoking3

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
21 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
28 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
27 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cayuga 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 Westbury: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
North of WolcottIronPast Producer
B. R. De Witt, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway Dept PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town of Victory PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Town of Victory PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cayuga 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
Victory3.2 miles24
North Victory4.6 miles24
Fintches Corners5.7 miles24
Spring Lake6.3 miles24
Martville6.3 miles24
Fair Haven7.0 miles24
Bethel Corners7.2 miles26
Conquest7.3 miles26

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on WestburyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q20880918The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 970895. 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.