BlockBliss Corner, New York
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Stratford town. It lies in ZIP code area 13470. The Survey maps it on the Stratford quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1985The 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 sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1901 USGS Lassellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Lassellsville quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1945 USGS Lassellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Stratford quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 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 Gloversville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
46 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Bliss Corner between 1995 and 2020, burning about 50 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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 | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 6 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 24 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 23 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | HOUSE POND FIRE |
| 17 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.1 acres | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stratford | 2.2 miles | 21 | |
| Emmonsburg | 2.2 miles | 21 | |
| Middle Sprite | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Lotville | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Stewart Landing | 4.1 miles | 24 | |
| Doxtater Corner | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Knappville | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| Rasbach Corner | 5.3 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972243. 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.