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Brooklyn, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Franklin town. It lies in ZIP code area 13775. It lies near Roundtop. The Survey maps it on the Franklin quadrangle.

Brooklyn within Delaware County

Then and now

1915 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Brooklyn, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Brooklyn, surveyed 1915

On record in Brooklyn

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 2 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

81 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Brooklyn between 2001 and 2019, burning about 70 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined53
Debris and open burning17
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 July 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkSIDNEY CENTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Brooklyn: 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Natural Gas. 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
Franklin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
M.Hazlett No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasProspect

Every working recorded in Delaware 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
Franklin0.4 miles16
Bartlett Hollow1.8 miles16
Leonta2.5 miles16
East Sidney3.4 miles16
Franklin Depot4.7 miles16
Merrickville4.8 miles16
North Franklin5.6 miles18
Sidney Center5.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 944840. 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.