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Wirt, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wirt town. It lies in ZIP code area 14739. The Survey maps it on the Friendship quadrangle.

Wirt within Allegany County

Then and now

1925 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wirt, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Wirt, surveyed 1925

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

37 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Wirt between 2003 and 2019, burning about 25 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined20
Natural10
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
30 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 July 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 June 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 May 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Allegany County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 381 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 381 specimens collected within 10 miles of Wirt between 1877 and 1967: 359 Animalia, 12 Plantae, 10 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. C. Latta, Arthur Wright, C. H. Munson and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Ustilago candollei Tul. & C.Tul.Ustilago candollei Tul. & C.Tul.1877Ch. H. PeckSummit
Specimen of Leptosphaeria coniothyrium (Fuckel) Sacc.Leptosphaeria coniothyrium (Fuckel) Sacc.1921H.S. Guilford
Specimen of Macrosporium ornatissimum Ellis & Barthol.Macrosporium ornatissimum Ellis & Barthol.1941M. F. BarrusFarm west of Belmont
A photograph of the species Sphacelotheca hydropiperis, not of this specimenSphacelotheca hydropiperis (Schumach.) de Bary1877Peck Ch. H.Summit
A photograph of the species Clavaria fusiformis, not of this specimenClavaria fusiformis Sowerby1885not recordedPeat Moss, Brookton
A photograph of the species Carex interior, not of this specimenCarex interior L.H.Bailey1896G. T. HastingsSummit
A photograph of the species Glyceria striata, not of this specimenGlyceria striata (Lam.) Hitchc.1896G. T. HastingsSummit.
A photograph of the species Chordeiles minor, not of this specimenChordeiles minor (J.R.Forster, 1771)1898Harry WilberScio
A photograph of the species Dendroica petechia, not of this specimenDendroica petechia aestiva (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1898C.F. StoneFriendship
A photograph of the species Dolichonyx oryzivorus, not of this specimenDolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus, 1758)1898Harry WilberScio
A photograph of the species Megaceryle alcyon, not of this specimenMegaceryle alcyon (Linnaeus, 1758)1898C. H. MunsonScio
A photograph of the species Alternaria Nees, not of this specimenAlternaria Nees1904LattaFriendship

All 381 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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 Wirt: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt. 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
F.Chadwick No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
L.Newton No.1 WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Allegany 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
West Notch0.7 miles15
Nile3.0 miles15
Richburg3.2 miles15
Inavale3.3 miles15
Bolivar4.8 miles15
West Clarksville4.9 miles15
Kossuth4.9 miles15
Friendship5.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973279. 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.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

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.