Weston Mills, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Portville town. It lies in ZIP code area 14760. It stands on Haskell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Portville quadrangle.

Weston Mills within Cattaraugus County

Then and now

1898 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Weston Mills, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Weston Mills, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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.

1898 USGS Olean quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1938 USGS Olean quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1943 USGS Olean quadrangle1:62500
1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Portville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Olean quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

171 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Weston Mills between 1992 and 2019, burning about 113 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined	74
Debris and open burning	34
Arson/incendiarism	19
Natural	18
Smoking	16
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Recreation and ceremony	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 2008	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
14 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
12 September 2012	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
12 September 2008	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
9 August 2012	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 August 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
4 August 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cattaraugus County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Weston Mills: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Allegany Aggregates Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Allegany Aggregates Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Millgrove Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Portville Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Cattaraugus 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Westons Mills	1.0 miles	19
Lake View Terrace	2.1 miles	19
Haydenville	2.5 miles	19
East Olean	2.5 miles	19
Seneca Heights	2.9 miles	19
Boardmanville	3.0 miles	19
Olean	3.0 miles	19
Portville	3.1 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1867424. 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.