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Collamer, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Parma town. It lies in ZIP code area 14468. It stands on Otis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hilton quadrangle.

Collamer within Monroe County

Then and now

1899 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Collamer, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Collamer, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

72 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Collamer between 2002 and 2020, burning about 27 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 28 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/incendiarism28
Smoking4
Natural4
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
29 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew York Forest RangersBRADDOCK BAY, LEO
10 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.4 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.4 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Collamer: 1 producer. All of them 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
Pinehill Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Hilton1.2 miles19
Bartlett Corners1.3 miles19
Walker2.5 miles19
Parma Center2.9 miles19
Wautoma Beach3.1 miles19
Davison Beach3.7 miles19
Lighthouse Beach4.0 miles19
Shore Acres4.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947133. 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.