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Barbary Coast, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Bergen town. It lies in ZIP code area 14416. The Survey maps it on the Churchville quadrangle.

Barbary Coast within Genesee 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 Barbary Coast, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Barbary Coast, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

67 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Barbary Coast between 2000 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined39
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural6
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1

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
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2020Natural5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Genesee 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 Barbary Coast: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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
Allen's Creek DepositGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Lake Road Gravel ProductsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Genesee 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
Hidden Meadows1.0 miles20
Stone Church1.4 miles20
Bergen1.6 miles20
Jericon Corners1.6 miles20
West Bergen2.2 miles20
East Bergen3.3 miles20
Fort Hill3.6 miles20
North Le Roxy4.5 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2495961. 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.