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Bushnell Basin, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Perinton town. It lies in ZIP code area 14534. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fairport quadrangle.

Bushnell Basin within Monroe County

Then and now

1900 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bushnell Basin, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Bushnell Basin, surveyed 1900

On record in Bushnell Basin

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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

422 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 422 fires within 5 miles of Bushnell Basin between 2001 and 2020, burning about 239 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 41 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/undetermined220
Debris and open burning52
Smoking45
Arson/incendiarism41
Natural33
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony3

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
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2016Natural5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2002Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Bushnell Basin: 6 producers, 4 past producers. 6 still produce. 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
Deer Run PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Deer Run PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Genesee Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mendon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mendon PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pittsford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pittsford PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Saxby OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Spezio Industries IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Victor PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

11 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bushnell Basin in 11 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2002Thunderstorm WindBushnell Basin$50,000no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBushnell Basin$25,000Social media showed numerous reports of downed trees and wires in Bushnell Basin.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBushnell Basin$15,000A tree fell onto a house near Highway 31.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBushnell Basin$10,000A large tree fell onto a house.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindBushnell Basin$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds near Mitchell Road and Route 31.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindBushnell Basin$10,000Rochester media reported trees down.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBushnell Basin$5,000Significant tree damage reported on I-490 at Route 96.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindBushnell Basin$5,000A tree was downed on a house on Chelsea Way.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBushnell Basin$2,000Trees and powerlines downed in Bushnell Basin.
June 2019Flash FloodBushnell Basin$1,000Flowing water was reported over Park Road in Powder Mills Park.
August 2018Flash FloodBushnell Basin$500Garnsey Road was flooded and impassable.

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
Hannans Corner1.8 miles26
Pittsford3.0 miles32
Fairport3.2 miles26
East Rochester3.5 miles26
Egypt3.5 miles26
Mendon4.5 miles25
Penfield4.9 miles26
Harper Park Rochester5.0 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 945318. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.