Weyer, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Hamburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 14085. The Survey maps it on the Eden quadrangle.

Weyer 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 Weyer, surveyed 1984

Topographic sheet of Weyer, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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.

1905 USGS Eden quadrangle1:62500
1907 USGS Eden quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1944 USGS Eden quadrangle1:62500
1949 USGS Eden quadrangle1:24000
1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1965 USGS Eden quadrangle1:24000
1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

299 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 299 fires within 5 miles of Weyer between 2000 and 2020, burning about 117 acres in total. 56 started naturally. 26 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	185
Natural	56
Arson/incendiarism	26
Debris and open burning	14
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Smoking	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
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
7 September 2009	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 September 2012	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 September 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 September 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Clifton Heights	0.5 miles	15
Pinehurst	1.1 miles	15
Wanakah	1.4 miles	15
Lake View	1.6 miles	15
Walden Cliffs	1.9 miles	15
Clover Bank	1.9 miles	15
Mount Vernon	2.2 miles	22
North Evans	2.6 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973258. 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.