BlockBeartown, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Western town. It lies in ZIP code area 13303. It lies near Quaker Hill. The Survey maps it on the Westernville quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1904 USGS Boonville quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Westernville quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Westernville quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Utica quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
80 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Beartown between 1998 and 2020, burning about 80 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 11 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 28 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Branch | 2.1 miles | 22 | |
| Stokes Corner | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Flint Town | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Hillside | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Lake Delta | 4.1 miles | 22 | |
| Dunn Brook | 4.6 miles | 20 | |
| Hawkins Corner | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| Lee Center | 4.7 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972208. 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.