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Windom, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Orchard Park town. It lies in ZIP code area 14127. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo SE quadrangle.

Windom within Erie 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 Windom, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Windom, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

567 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 567 fires within 5 miles of Windom between 2000 and 2020, burning about 214 acres in total. 89 started naturally. 74 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/undetermined351
Natural89
Arson/incendiarism74
Smoking17
Equipment and vehicle use14
Debris and open burning10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
7 September 2014Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 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 Erie County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Windom: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Bethlehem Steel/ Lackawana, N.Y.IronUnknown
Mauls PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Olivieri PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Orchard Park PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Erie County

Storms near this place

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Windom in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2012Thunderstorm WindWindom$15,000A tree fell on a truck.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Big Tree1.6 miles25
Deonundaga (historical)1.6 miles25
Blasdell2.0 miles25
Websters Corners2.3 miles21
Webster Corners2.3 miles21
Orchard Park2.7 miles21
Armor3.1 miles18
Woodlawn3.1 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 971471. 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.

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.