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Whiteford Hollow, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in East Otto town. It lies in ZIP code area 14729. It lies near Mount Tug. The Survey maps it on the Ashford Hollow quadrangle.

Whiteford Hollow within Cattaraugus County

Then and now

1924 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 62 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Whiteford Hollow, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Whiteford Hollow, surveyed 1924

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

18 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Whiteford Hollow between 2003 and 2016, burning about 23 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined10
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism2

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
22 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 May 2015Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
11 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 April 2009Debris and open burning3.3 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 April 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cattaraugus County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Whiteford Hollow: 1 producer. All of them 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
East Otto Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Brooklyn1.2 miles15
East Otto2.3 miles16
Ashford Hollow2.8 miles15
Fox4.9 miles15
Plato5.8 miles13
Maples5.9 miles13
Eddyville6.4 miles16
Riceville6.5 miles13

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.

Wikidata item Q122549164The 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 973263. 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.