Cobbtown, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ellisburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 13605. The Survey maps it on the Sandy Creek quadrangle.

Cobbtown within Jefferson County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cobbtown, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of Cobbtown, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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 Pulaski quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
1942 USGS Sandy Creek quadrangle1:24000
1943 USGS Sandy Creek quadrangle1:31680
1958 USGS Sandy Creek quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Pulaski quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

64 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Cobbtown between 2001 and 2020, burning about 55 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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	40
Arson/incendiarism	8
Debris and open burning	7
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Natural	2
Smoking	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
28 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
20 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
1 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 August 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
30 August 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
27 August 2016	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
15 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.2 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
12 August 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cobbtown: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Morris Hatcliff Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
	Morris Hatcliff Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Pierrepont Manor	1.0 miles	22
Mannsville	1.3 miles	22
Winona	3.1 miles	20
Wardwell	3.2 miles	21
Giddingsville	3.7 miles	21
Allendale	4.1 miles	21
Saxe Corner	4.1 miles	21
Taylor Settlement	4.3 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972329. 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.