Bennetts, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Greenwood town. It lies in ZIP code area 14823. It stands on Slate Creek. The Survey maps it on the South Canisteo quadrangle.

Bennetts within Steuben County

Then and now

1926 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bennetts, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Bennetts, surveyed 1926

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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.

1926 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1954 USGS South Canisteo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Hornell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

43 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Bennetts between 1992 and 2020, burning about 141 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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	22
Debris and open burning	9
Arson/incendiarism	6
Smoking	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Natural	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
2 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
9 August 2016	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
25 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
22 August 2020	Natural	5.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
10 August 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
31 July 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
26 July 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
17 July 2007	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 Steuben County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bennetts: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Bishopville Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Steuben 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
South Canisteo	3.8 miles	17
Greenwood	4.0 miles	18
Hampshire	5.4 miles	17
West Greenwood	5.5 miles	18
Hartsville	5.6 miles	18
Canisteo	5.7 miles	21
Canisteo Center	5.7 miles	21
Rough and Ready	5.9 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972221. 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.