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Bellevue, New York

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Schenectady City. It lies in ZIP code area 12306. It stands on Poentic Kill. The Survey maps it on the Schenectady quadrangle.

Bellevue within Schenectady County

Then and now

1893 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bellevue, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Bellevue, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 33 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

657 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 657 fires within 5 miles of Bellevue between 1995 and 2020, burning about 448 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 160 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/undetermined317
Arson/incendiarism160
Smoking57
Debris and open burning40
Natural38
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Equipment and vehicle use13
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

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 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schenectady 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 Bellevue: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Masic PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Vley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Vley PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Schenectady 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
Rotterdam0.5 miles33
South Schenectady0.5 miles33
Hungry Hill1.0 miles33
Mount Pleasant1.2 miles33
Schonowe1.7 miles33
Coldbrook1.7 miles33
Schenectady2.1 miles33
Scotia2.2 miles33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 943613. 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.