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Bonney, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Smyrna town. It lies in ZIP code area 13464. The Survey maps it on the Otselic quadrangle.

Bonney within Chenango County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bonney, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Bonney, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Bonney between 1992 and 2019, burning about 49 acres in total. 6 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/undetermined15
Debris and open burning13
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2005Natural2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
2 August 1993Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
20 July 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 May 1997Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
2 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chenango County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bonney: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Otselic Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pit 1 & 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Smyrna Town Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Chenango 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
Otselic2.6 miles19
Upperville3.3 miles18
Stanbro3.9 miles19
Otselic Center4.2 miles19
Beaver Meadow4.3 miles19
Seventh Day Hollow5.5 miles16
Smyrna5.8 miles18
Rhode Island7.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972246. 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.