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Barnard, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Rochester City. It lies in ZIP code area 14616. The Survey maps it on the Rochester West quadrangle.

Barnard within Monroe County

Then and now

1895 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Barnard, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Barnard, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

On record in Barnard

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 32 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

2,344 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,344 fires within 5 miles of Barnard between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,508 acres in total. 130 started naturally. 309 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/undetermined1209
Smoking446
Arson/incendiarism309
Natural130
Debris and open burning82
Equipment and vehicle use72
Misuse of fire by a minor52
Power generation/transmission/distribution21
Recreation and ceremony18
Railroad operations and maintenance5

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 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe 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 Barnard: 1 unknown, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Aluminum. 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
Howard & Bowen Corp/Rochester, N.Y.SilverUnknown
Rochester Smelt & Ref/Rochester, NyAluminumPlant

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barnard in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 4 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
October 2017Thunderstorm WindBarnard$8,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds on West Avenue.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindBarnard$8,000no account filed
May 2018Thunderstorm WindBarnard$5,000Tree fell onto a house.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindBarnard$500Tree down blocking roadway in Rochester.

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
Uptonville0.7 miles32
Greece2.7 miles32
Mount Read2.9 miles27
Charlotte3.2 miles18
Irondequoit3.3 miles31
Ontario Beach3.7 miles18
Windsor Beach3.7 miles18
Summerville3.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 943028. 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.