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One of 99 National Register listings published here for Niagara County · listed in 2020 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Forsyth-Warren Farm
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 6 buildingss, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 5182 Ridge Rd., Lockport, 14094
- When was it listed? January 2020
- Category. district
- Town. Cambria town
- National Register reference number. 100004910 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
201 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Forsyth-Warren Farm between 2002 and 2020, burning about 113 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 36 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 | 103 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Smoking | 27 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Other causes | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 21 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Forsyth-Warren Farm: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simonds Steel Div/ Lockport, N.Y. | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this property
48 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lockport, the town this property stands in, in 48 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 24 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 8 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockport | 1 hurt, $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Flood | Lockport | $800,000 | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | South Lockport | $100,000 | Road closures were reported due to flooding with vehicles stranded in the streets. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Lockport | $100,000 | Additional reports of widespread flooding were received with stranded vehicles in other portions of Lockport. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Lockport | $100,000 | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Lockport | $100,000 | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Heavy Snow | Lockport | $75,000 | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Lockport | $50,000 | A tornado touched down in Lockport in Niagara County. The tornado was on the ground only for short lengths along the path. Damage was mainly confined to one property where three large trees were downed and windows were blown out of a garage. |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockport | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Lockport | $50,000 | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Heavy Snow | Lockport | $40,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockport | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lockport | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockport | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockport | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockport | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockport | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Flash Flood | Lockport | $20,000 | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockport | $15,000 | A tree fell onto a house on Prentice Street in Lockport. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Lockport | $15,000 | no account filed |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockport | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockport | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockport | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockport | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockport | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockport | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockport | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockport | $10,000 | Multiple reports of trees and wires downed across the county. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Lockport | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported power lines down. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockport | $10,000 | no account filed |
| October 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockport | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockport | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockport | $5,000 | Multiple reports were received of trees and powerlines down. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Lockport | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Lockport | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockport | $2,000 | Trees and branches were reported down on Washburn Street between Oliver Street and Spalding Street. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockport | $2,000 | Trees and wires reported down. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lockport | $1,000 | Trees and power lines were reported downed. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Lockport | - | High Street was closed due to flooding. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Lockport | - | Market Street was flooded and closed. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | South Lockport | - | A state of emergency was issued that included a travel ban due to widespread flooding in Niagara County. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Lockport | - | Quarter to ping pong ball sized hail was reported. |
| July 2021 | Hail | South Lockport | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | South Lockport | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | South Lockport | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Lockport | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Lockport | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Lockport | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
12 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1897 USGS Tonawanda quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Niagara quadrangle1:125000 - 6 printings
- 1900 USGS Tonawanda quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Tonawanda quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
- 1948 USGS Tonawanda quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Cambria quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Cambria quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Cambria quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | North Ridge United Methodist Church | 3.6 miles | 2002 |
 | Watson House | 3.6 miles | 2003 |
 | Maloney House | 3.9 miles | 2003 |
 | Hopkins House | 4.1 miles | 2003 |
 | Col. William M. and Nancy Ralston Bond House | 4.2 miles | 1995 |
 | Gibbs House | 4.2 miles | 2003 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100004910 in Record Group 79. |
| Niagara County | All 99 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.