Bromley, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Tully town. It lies in ZIP code area 13141. It lies near Bennett Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Otisco Valley quadrangle.

Bromley within Onondaga County

Then and now

1900 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bromley, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Bromley, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 27 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.

1900 USGS Tully quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
1943 USGS Otisco Valley quadrangle1:31680
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Otisco Valley quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1955 USGS Tully quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

85 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Bromley between 2002 and 2020, burning about 62 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined	34
Arson/incendiarism	24
Debris and open burning	10
Natural	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Smoking	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
22 September 2018	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
11 September 2009	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
11 September 2008	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
11 September 2008	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 August 2017	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
17 August 2018	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
15 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
13 August 2017	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Onondaga 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 Bromley: 3 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Solvay Well D-1	Salt	Past Producer
Solvay Well S-2	Salt	Past Producer
Tully Brine Wells	Salt	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Onondaga 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
South Spafford	1.9 miles	27
Vesper	2.4 miles	27
Tully Lake Park	2.5 miles	27
Assembly Park	2.8 miles	27
Tully Center	3.4 miles	27
Tully	4.0 miles	27
Otisco Valley	4.1 miles	27
Spafford Valley	4.1 miles	27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972264. 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.