Wolcottsburg, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Clarence town. It lies in ZIP code area 14032. The Survey maps it on the Clarence Center quadrangle.

Wolcottsburg within Erie County

Then and now

1897 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wolcottsburg, surveyed 1984

Topographic sheet of Wolcottsburg, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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.

1897 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:62500
1899 USGS Niagara quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1902 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1905 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:62500
1948 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1950 USGS Clarence Center quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1952 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Clarence Center quadrangle1:24000
1965 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Clarence Center quadrangle1:25000
1984 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

133 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Wolcottsburg between 2000 and 2020, burning about 72 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 9 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	70
Debris and open burning	21
Natural	16
Arson/incendiarism	9
Smoking	9
Recreation and ceremony	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
7 September 2007	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
25 September 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
2 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
19 September 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
16 September 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
15 September 2017	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
15 September 2002	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not 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 Wolcottsburg: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Atlas Gypsum Company Mill	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer
Clarence Center Mine	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Clarence Center Mine & Mill	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer
National Gypsum Company Mill	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Hunts Corners	3.2 miles	27
Clarence Center	3.3 miles	27
Swormville	3.5 miles	27
Millersport	3.7 miles	27
East Clarence	4.1 miles	27
Sand Hill	4.2 miles	27
East Amherst	4.2 miles	27
Woodstream Farms	5.7 miles	27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 971540. 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.