BlockBefore

Barkertown, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Nunda town. It lies in ZIP code area 14836. It lies near Round Top. The Survey maps it on the Nunda quadrangle.

Barkertown within Livingston County

Then and now

1905 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Barkertown, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Barkertown, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

64 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Barkertown between 2003 and 2020, burning about 75 acres in total. 17 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/undetermined26
Natural17
Arson/incendiarism10
Debris and open burning7
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 July 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 June 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Barkertown: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
Nunda WellSaltPast Producer
Nunda Highway PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nunda Village PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Livingston 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
Rosses2.3 miles21
Dalton2.9 miles21
Nunda3.0 miles21
Coopersville3.7 miles21
Westview4.0 miles20
Oakland4.1 miles21
Hunt Hollow4.2 miles21
Hunt5.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972197. 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.