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Baltimore, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Preble town. It lies in ZIP code area 13159. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Homer quadrangle.

Baltimore within Cortland County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Baltimore, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Baltimore, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

76 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Baltimore between 2002 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 26 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
Arson/incendiarism26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Debris and open burning9
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2

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
22 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 July 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 July 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cortland County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Baltimore: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Homer Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Homer PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Cortland County

Storms near this place

1 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baltimore in 1 storm report in 2021: 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
July 2021Thunderstorm WindBaltimore$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a roadway.

Every storm recorded in Cortland 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
Preble1.2 miles22
Slab City1.2 miles22
Cummings Crossing2.7 miles27
Little York3.4 miles22
East Scott3.8 miles22
Pratt Corners4.0 miles22
East Homer4.9 miles23
Truxton5.4 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 942957. 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.