BlockChina, New York
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Deposit town. It lies in ZIP code area 13754. It lies near Michigan Hill. The Survey maps it on the North Sanford quadrangle.
Then and now
1924 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 61 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 15 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 Deposit quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Deposit quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Deposit quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS North Sanford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of China between 2001 and 2019, burning about 36 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 July 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 June 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 June 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 May 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 April 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 30 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbourville | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Upper Barbourville | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Arctic | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Hambletville | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Whitman | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Stilesville | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Masonville | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Ivanhoe | 7.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972319. 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.