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Adams Basin, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Ogden town. It lies in ZIP code area 14559. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spencerport quadrangle.

Adams Basin within Monroe County

Then and now

1899 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Adams Basin, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Adams Basin, surveyed 1899

On record in Adams Basin

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

253 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 253 fires within 5 miles of Adams Basin between 2003 and 2020, burning about 117 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 65 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
Smoking78
Arson/incendiarism65
Missing data/not specified/undetermined63
Debris and open burning22
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2011Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Adams Basin: 5 producers, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Brockport QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Chester Peacock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gp-9 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pease PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pinehill Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Union Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Union Street PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

3 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Adams Basin in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2009HailAdams Basin$5,000no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindAdams Basin$2,000Multiple trees and wires were reported down on East Avenue.
October 2024HailAdams Basin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
Hinkleyville0.9 miles24
Catfield2.3 miles24
Garland2.7 miles22
Spencerport2.8 miles24
Ogden Center3.1 miles24
Town Pump3.2 miles24
Parma Corners3.6 miles24
Otis4.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 942160. 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.

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.