Brookhaven, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Veteran town. It lies in ZIP code area 14864. It stands on Sleeper Creek. The Survey maps it on the Montour Falls quadrangle.

Brookhaven within Chemung County

Then and now

1898 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Brookhaven, surveyed 1992

Topographic sheet of Brookhaven, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

1898 USGS Watkins Glen quadrangle1:62500
1901 USGS Watkins quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
1905 USGS Watkins Glen quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Montour Falls quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Montour Falls quadrangle1:24000
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
1992 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

90 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Brookhaven between 1995 and 2020, burning about 94 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 10 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	42
Debris and open burning	15
Natural	10
Arson/incendiarism	10
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Smoking	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
8 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
3 August 2012	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
27 August 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
2 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
13 August 2002	Misuse of fire by a minor	2.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
11 August 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
10 August 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 July 2007	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chemung 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 Brookhaven: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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	Recorded
Federal Land Bank No.1 Well	Salt	Past Producer
Beavers Dam Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Beavers Dam Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Hoke Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Town Source Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Town of Dix Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Chemung 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
Millport	0.8 miles	31
Midway	1.7 miles	31
Pine Valley	3.5 miles	32
Rush Run	4.8 miles	32
Tompkins Corners	5.7 miles	32
Sullivanville	5.8 miles	32
Collingwood	5.9 miles	32
Chambers	6.3 miles	29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2514288. 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.