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Woodstream Farms, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Amherst town. It lies in ZIP code area 14221. The Survey maps it on the Clarence Center quadrangle.

Woodstream Farms 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 Woodstream Farms, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Woodstream Farms, 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.

Fires near this place

359 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 359 fires within 5 miles of Woodstream Farms between 2000 and 2020, burning about 165 acres in total. 66 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined178
Natural66
Smoking35
Debris and open burning23
Recreation and ceremony20
Arson/incendiarism19
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes1

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 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2002Missing 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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Woodstream Farms: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Buffalo Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
North and South QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Atlas Gypsum Company MillGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Clarence Center MineGypsum-AnhydritePast ProducerSedimentary
Clarence Center Mine & MillGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
National Gypsum Company MillGypsum-AnhydritePast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
North Forest Acres1.4 miles27
East Amherst1.5 miles27
Swormville2.6 miles27
Getzville2.9 miles28
Williamsville3.0 miles19
Harris Hill3.5 miles19
Clarence Center4.3 miles27
Snyder4.5 miles25

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122554744The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 971722. 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.