BlockBrooklyn, New York
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in East Otto town. It lies in ZIP code area 14729. It lies near Hammond Hill. The Survey maps it on the Ashford Hollow quadrangle.
Then and now
1924 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 62 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1924 USGS Ellicottville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Ellicottville quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Ashford Hollow quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Olean quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Brooklyn between 2003 and 2016, burning about 15 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 May 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 11 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 April 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 16 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Brooklyn: 1 producer. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Otto Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteford Hollow | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| East Otto | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Ashford Hollow | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Fox | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Maples | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Otto | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| Plato | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Riceville | 7.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 944841. 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.