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Brighton, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Rochester City. It lies in ZIP code area 14610. It lies near Cobbs Hill. The Survey maps it on the Rochester East quadrangle.

Brighton within Monroe County

Then and now

1895 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Brighton, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Brighton, surveyed 1895

On record in Brighton

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

12 surveys from 31 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

2,097 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,097 fires within 5 miles of Brighton between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,398 acres in total. 159 started naturally. 209 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/undetermined954
Smoking507
Arson/incendiarism209
Natural159
Equipment and vehicle use100
Debris and open burning88
Misuse of fire by a minor33
Power generation/transmission/distribution30
Recreation and ceremony13
Railroad operations and maintenance4

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
9 September 2002Smoking2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2016Natural5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2016Smoking6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2016Smoking6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Brighton: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Howard & Bowen Corp/Rochester, N.Y.SilverUnknown
Penfield QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rochester Smelt & Ref/Rochester, NyAluminumPlant
Mendon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mendon PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Redman PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

15 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brighton in 15 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2011Flash FloodBrighton$25,000no account filed
August 2016Thunderstorm WindBrighton$15,000Law enforcement reported wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindBrighton$15,000Law enforcement reported wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2013FloodBrighton$15,000no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindBrighton$15,000no account filed
June 1998Flash FloodBrighton$13,000no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindBrighton$12,000Social media had reported of trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindBrighton$10,000The media relayed reports of trees and wires down.
February 1997Flash FloodBrighton$4,000no account filed
April 2008HailBrighton$2,000no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindBrighton$500A tree was downed onto Poplar Street.
June 2016HailBrighton-no account filed
June 2016HailBrighton-no account filed
June 2013HailBrighton-no account filed
July 2013HailBrighton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
Cobbs Hill0.9 miles31
Twelve Corners1.6 miles31
Harper Park Rochester2.5 miles31
Glen Haven3.3 miles31
Rochester3.5 miles31
Bay View3.6 miles31
West Brighton4.1 miles32
Penfield4.1 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 944746. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.