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Bristol Springs, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1983. It stands in South Bristol town. It lies in ZIP code area 14512. It lies near Gannett Hill. The Survey maps it on the Bristol Springs quadrangle.

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

On record in Bristol Springs

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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

40 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Bristol Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 168 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking4
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
21 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 August 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
3 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
25 July 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 July 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreNew York Forest RangersGORDON BEACH FIRE
8 May 1992Debris and open burning4.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ontario 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 Bristol Springs: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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
Bristol Springs PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Bristol Springs PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Heys PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Heys PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pine View Farm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Trickey Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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
South Bristol1.9 miles26
Boswell Corners2.5 miles26
Woodville2.6 miles25
Semans Corner3.0 miles26
Covel Corner3.1 miles25
Gulick4.2 miles26
Grange Landing5.2 miles24
Naples6.4 miles25

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 Q122555684The 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 944772. 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.