Cedar Swamp, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Henrietta town. It lies in ZIP code area 14467. The Survey maps it on the West Henrietta quadrangle.

Cedar Swamp within Monroe County

Then and now

1895 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cedar Swamp, surveyed 1984

Topographic sheet of Cedar Swamp, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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.

1895 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500
1898 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1912 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1920 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1935 USGS Genesee Junction quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1952 USGS Genesee Junction quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS West Henrietta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

280 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 280 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Swamp between 2001 and 2019, burning about 224 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 39 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/undetermined	114
Smoking	68
Arson/incendiarism	39
Debris and open burning	30
Natural	13
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Recreation and ceremony	2

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
9 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
8 September 2016	Smoking	6.3 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
8 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 September 2010	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 September 2016	Smoking	6.3 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
5 September 2014	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Swamp: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Clover Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Clover Gravel Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Treat Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
West Henrietta	1.9 miles	28
Rush	2.2 miles	25
Manns Corner	2.5 miles	28
Henrietta	2.5 miles	32
Fenner	3.0 miles	28
Rochester Junction	3.5 miles	25
Bailey	3.6 miles	28
Martin	4.0 miles	28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972308. 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.