Zoar, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Collins town. It lies in ZIP code area 14070. The Survey maps it on the Collins Center quadrangle.

Zoar within Erie County

Then and now

1923 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 63 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Zoar, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Zoar, surveyed 1923

Compare 1923 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

1923 USGS Cattaraugus quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1938 USGS Cattaraugus quadrangle1:62500
1941 USGS Cattaraugus quadrangle1:62500
1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Collins Center quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Olean quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

56 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Zoar between 1995 and 2020, burning about 56 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 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	28
Arson/incendiarism	10
Debris and open burning	8
Natural	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Smoking	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
11 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	SOUTH BRANCH FIRE
7 August 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 August 2016	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
27 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
15 July 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
14 July 2007	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	SOUTH BRANCH
1 July 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
24 June 2007	Recreation and ceremony	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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Zoar: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Vogtlis Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	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
Collins Center	2.6 miles	16
Bagdad	4.6 miles	15
Collins	5.1 miles	15
Morton Corners	5.4 miles	16
Marshfield	5.9 miles	16
Woodside	6.0 miles	16
Taylor Hollow	6.4 miles	16
Lawtons	7.4 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973309. 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.