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Barre Center, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Barre town. It lies in ZIP code area 14411. The Survey maps it on the Albion quadrangle.

Barre Center within Orleans County

Then and now

1897 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Barre Center, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Barre Center, surveyed 1897

On record in Barre Center

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

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

118 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Barre Center between 2001 and 2020, burning about 81 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined55
Arson/incendiarism23
Natural13
Debris and open burning9
Smoking9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
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
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orleans County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Barre Center: 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc. 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
Manning Peat Bog ProspectsLead, ZincProspect
Barre Sand, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Huckell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Orleans 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
East Barre2.3 miles20
Burma Woods3.2 miles18
South Barre3.3 miles20
Richs Corners3.9 miles20
West Barre3.9 miles18
Pine Hill4.0 miles18
Albion4.2 miles20
Eagle Harbor Station4.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 943075. 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.