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Willow Creek Estates, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It lies in ZIP code area 14522. The Survey maps it on the Palmyra quadrangle.

Willow Creek Estates within Wayne County

Then and now

1899 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Willow Creek Estates, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Willow Creek Estates, surveyed 1899

On record in Willow Creek Estates

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

170 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Willow Creek Estates between 2001 and 2020, burning about 128 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 28 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/undetermined94
Arson/incendiarism28
Debris and open burning17
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Willow Creek Estates: 4 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Blackmar's QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Port Gibson QuarriesGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Winslow Heth QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Highway Dept PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jansen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jansen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Palmyra PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wayne County Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wayne 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
Palmyra2.7 miles20
Trolley Bed Road Park2.7 miles20
Yellow Mills2.9 miles20
Cooney Crossing4.2 miles20
Marquart Village4.7 miles20
Macedon4.9 miles20
East Palmyra5.5 miles20
North Macedon5.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2493981. 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.