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Brookville, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Alexander town. It lies in ZIP code area 14005. The Survey maps it on the Batavia South quadrangle.

Brookville within Genesee County

Then and now

1904 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Brookville, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Brookville, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

62 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Brookville between 2002 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined38
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural4
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 July 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Genesee County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Brookville: 4 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. 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
G.H.Beaver No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
Alexander PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Alexander PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Batavia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Batavia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Creek Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gilhooly Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gilhooly Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Genesee 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
East Alexander1.1 miles18
West Bethany1.2 miles18
North Alexander1.6 miles18
Alexander2.7 miles19
Linden4.0 miles18
Bethany Center4.4 miles18
Ray4.6 miles19
Batavia5.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 944888. 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.