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Brookvale, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Kirkwood town. It lies in ZIP code area 13904. The Survey maps it on the Chenango Forks quadrangle.

Brookvale within Broome County

Then and now

1904 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Brookvale, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Brookvale, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

138 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Brookvale between 1995 and 2020, burning about 115 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined64
Debris and open burning16
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural10
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
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
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
23 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.8 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
18 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broome County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Brookvale: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Corbisello QuarriesSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Van Gravel Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Weber Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Weber Road Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Broome 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
West Windsor2.2 miles24
West Colesville2.3 miles14
Sanitaria Springs2.6 miles24
Fivemile Point3.1 miles24
Kirkwood Center3.2 miles24
Dunbar3.6 miles16
Port Crane3.7 miles24
Langdon4.0 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 969918. 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.