Benedict, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Broadalbin town. It lies in ZIP code area 12025. It stands on Chase Creek. The Survey maps it on the Broadalbin quadrangle.

Benedict within Fulton County

Then and now

1899 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Benedict, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of Benedict, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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.

1899 USGS Broadalbin quadrangle1:62500
1902 USGS Broadalbin quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
1945 USGS Broadalbin quadrangle1:24000
1946 USGS Broadalbin quadrangle1:24000
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
1970 USGS Broadalbin quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

124 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Benedict between 1992 and 2018, burning about 268 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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	47
Debris and open burning	40
Recreation and ceremony	17
Arson/incendiarism	9
Natural	4
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Smoking	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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 September 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
10 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	1.1 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
31 August 2017	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
31 August 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 August 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
22 August 2007	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
20 August 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
North Broadalbin	1.3 miles	22
Gorthey Corners	1.9 miles	22
Fish House	1.9 miles	23
Union Mills	2.0 miles	22
Steele Corners	3.7 miles	22
Stever Mill	3.7 miles	22
Mills Corners	4.0 miles	21
Cranberry Creek	4.8 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 943657. 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.