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Bristol Center, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Bristol town. It lies in ZIP code area 14424. It lies near Center Gully. The Survey maps it on the Bristol Center quadrangle.

Bristol Center within Ontario County

Then and now

1900 to 1983

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 Bristol Center, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Bristol Center, surveyed 1900

On record in Bristol Center

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 23 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

68 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Bristol Center between 1998 and 2020, burning about 103 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined21
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism15
Smoking7
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minor6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ontario County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Bristol Center: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Natural Gas, 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
Town of Bristol PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Town of Bristol PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Amelia Smith WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
B.Case No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
Rubenstein No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
A.Henish WellSaltPast Producer
Lynn Gladding No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Weaver No.1 WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ontario County

Storms near this place

2 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bristol Center in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2010Flash FloodBristol Center$15,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBristol Center-Tree and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Ontario 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
Vincent1.9 miles23
Mayweed Corner2.0 miles23
Bristol3.1 miles23
Gladding Corner3.2 miles23
Cheshire3.5 miles24
South Bloomfield3.6 miles23
Covel Corner4.3 miles25
Grange Landing4.7 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 944768. 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.