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Wilson, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Wilson town. It lies in ZIP code area 14172. It lies near Tugwells Island. The Survey maps it on the Wilson quadrangle.

Wilson within Niagara County

Then and now

1894 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wilson, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Wilson, surveyed 1894

On record in Wilson

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

70 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Wilson between 2002 and 2020, burning about 76 acres in total. 12 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/undetermined42
Natural12
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
20 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Niagara County

Storms near this place

14 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilson in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2011LightningWilson$50,000no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWilson$20,000Officials reported trees and wires down in Wilson.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindWilson$20,000no account filed
September 2012Thunderstorm WindWilson$15,000The fire service reported a power pole snapped and wires down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindWilson$15,000no account filed
October 2008Thunderstorm WindWilson$12,000no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindWilson$10,000no account filed
March 2025Thunderstorm WindWilson$5,000Trees and wires downed in the Town of Wilson.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindWilson$5,000no account filed
October 2019Thunderstorm WindWilson$3,000Three reports of trees and wires down were received across the town.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindWilson$2,000Trees and wires were reported down in the Town of Wilson.
July 2023LightningWilson$1,000Lightning struck a tree which then collapsed onto a patio.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindWilson$500A tree was reported down.
July 2023Flash FloodWilson-Multiple road closures were reported in Wilson due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in Niagara 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
Sunset Beach1.0 miles23
Roosevelt Beach1.7 miles23
Coolidge Beach2.2 miles23
Pleasant Corners3.1 miles23
Hopkins Beach3.3 miles25
North Wilson3.4 miles23
Elberta3.9 miles23
South Wilson4.7 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 971408. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.