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Bluff Point, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Jerusalem town. The Survey maps it on the Keuka Park quadrangle.

Bluff Point within Yates County

Then and now

1903 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bluff Point, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Bluff Point, surveyed 1903

On record in Bluff Point

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

143 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Bluff Point between 1994 and 2020, burning about 103 acres in total. 7 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/undetermined84
Debris and open burning19
Smoking14
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
28 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
19 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
12 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yates County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Bluff Point: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, REE, Zirconium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Transelco/ Penn Yan, N.Y.REE, ZirconiumPlant
C.M.Russell WellSaltPast Producer
J.Sanderson No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
J.T.Andrews No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Botsford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Botsford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Champlin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Champlin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jerusalem PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Milo Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Yates 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Keuka Park0.6 miles22
Willow Grove1.7 miles22
Branchport2.9 miles21
Guyanoga3.4 miles21
Second Milo3.4 miles22
Penn Yan4.2 miles22
Yatesville4.4 miles21
Crosby4.5 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 944359. 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.