Willoughby, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Great Valley town. It lies in ZIP code area 14741. It stands on Willoughby Creek. The Survey maps it on the Humphrey quadrangle.

Willoughby within Cattaraugus County

Then and now

1900 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Willoughby, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Willoughby, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

1900 USGS Salamanca quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1938 USGS Salamanca quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1943 USGS Salamanca quadrangle1:62500
1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Humphrey quadrangle1:24000, 4 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

44 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Willoughby between 2003 and 2017, burning about 52 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 6 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	19
Debris and open burning	11
Natural	7
Arson/incendiarism	6
Other causes	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
3 August 2015	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
18 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 June 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
26 June 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
23 June 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 May 2006	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
17 May 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	HUNGARY HOLLOW FIRE
10 May 2006	Arson/incendiarism	1.7 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cattaraugus 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 Willoughby: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Aultman-Hale No.1 Well	Salt	Past Producer
	Great Valley Town 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
Great Valley	1.8 miles	19
Sugartown	2.6 miles	20
Peth	2.7 miles	19
Humphrey	3.7 miles	20
Kill Buck	4.8 miles	19
Humphrey Center	4.9 miles	20
Little Rock City	5.4 miles	19
Ellicottville	6.2 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 971332. 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.