BlockBrowns Crossing, New York
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Canisteo town. It lies in ZIP code area 14819. It lies near Hathaways Pinnacle. The Survey maps it on the Cameron 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
9 surveys from 20 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 Woodhull quadrangle1:48000
- 1926 USGS Woodhull quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Woodhull quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Cameron quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Hornell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Browns Crossing between 1992 and 2018, burning about 144 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 19 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 2 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 44 acres | New York Forest Rangers | HANYON FIRE |
| 19 May 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 19 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Cameron | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Adrian | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Buck Settlement | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Cameron | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| North Cameron | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Buena Vista | 4.7 miles | 21 | |
| Coss Corners | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| South Cameron | 5.3 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972269. 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.