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Bosley Corner, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Livonia town. It lies in ZIP code area 14487. The Survey maps it on the Honeoye quadrangle.

Bosley Corner within Livingston County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bosley Corner, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Bosley Corner, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

105 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Bosley Corner between 1993 and 2020, burning about 150 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined38
Arson/incendiarism23
Debris and open burning19
Natural16
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
29 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHEMLOCK LAKE TRES FIRE
24 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHEMLOCK LAKE DOS FIRE
21 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHEMLOCK LAKE FIRE
13 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.4 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bosley Corner: 4 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Conesus Lake Salt & Min.Co.Well #4SaltPast Producer
D.Curran No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Livonia Salt ShaftSaltPast Producer
Livonia Salt WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Livingston 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
Jacksonville (historical)1.3 miles22
Livonia Center1.5 miles23
Hemlock1.9 miles22
Glenville2.9 miles22
Livonia3.1 miles23
Idaho4.0 miles22
South Lima4.2 miles23
Tuxedo Park4.6 miles23

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122596603The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972249. 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.