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Bush Corner, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in West Bloomfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 14469. It lies near Woodchuck Hill. The Survey maps it on the Honeoye Falls quadrangle.

Bush Corner within Ontario County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bush Corner, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Bush Corner, surveyed 1901

On record in Bush Corner

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

11 surveys from 25 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

83 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Bush Corner between 2000 and 2019, burning about 112 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined31
Arson/incendiarism21
Debris and open burning16
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
7 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2017Smoking6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2001Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ontario County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Bush Corner: 8 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Natural Gas, Limestone, General. 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
Callister No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
General Crushed Stone CompanyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rochester QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Abbey No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
D.Curran No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Bloomfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bloomfield Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Connors Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Connors Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
East Bloomfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ontario 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 Bloomfield1.0 miles25
Ionia2.4 miles26
North Bloomfield3.9 miles25
Allens Hill4.4 miles22
Speakers Corner4.5 miles23
East Bloomfield4.6 miles26
Bloomfield5.3 miles26
Denison Corner5.5 miles22

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122568718The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 945306. 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.