Black Rock, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ledyard town. It lies in ZIP code area 13081. It lies near Beard Gully. The Survey maps it on the Sheldrake quadrangle.

Black Rock within Cayuga County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Black Rock, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Black Rock, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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.

1902 USGS Genoa quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
1942 USGS Sheldrake quadrangle1:24000
1943 USGS Sheldrake quadrangle1:31680
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Sheldrake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

50 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Black Rock between 2003 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 7 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	20
Debris and open burning	13
Arson/incendiarism	7
Natural	7
Equipment and vehicle use	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
27 September 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
26 September 2016	Debris and open burning	6.3 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
26 September 2016	Debris and open burning	6.3 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
26 September 2016	Debris and open burning	3.8 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
23 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
6 July 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
6 July 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
26 July 2008	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cayuga County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Black Rock: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt. 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
	Aurora Well	Salt	Past Producer
	J.C.Mahaney Well	Salt	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Cayuga 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
Ledyard	2.1 miles	23
Willets	2.4 miles	23
King Ferry Station	3.1 miles	23
Poplar Ridge	3.3 miles	23
King Ferry	3.5 miles	23
Aurora	4.1 miles	27
Sherwood	4.4 miles	26
Weekes Corner	4.8 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972237. 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.