BlockBellwood, New York
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Harrisburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 13367. The Survey maps it on the New Boston quadrangle.
Then and now
1902 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 83 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
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1902 USGS Carthage quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Carthage quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS New Boston quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS New Boston quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Bellwood between 2002 and 2018, burning about 22 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 June 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 18 May 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 10 May 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rector | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| New Boston | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Windecker | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Parkers | 4.9 miles | 20 | |
| Harrisburg | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Clark Corners | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Copenhagen | 6.3 miles | 19 | |
| West Lowville | 7.1 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972220. 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.