BlockColumbus Quarter, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Columbus town. It lies in ZIP code area 13411. It stands on Tallette Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Berlin North quadrangle.
Then and now
1910 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 76 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 17 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.
- 1910 USGS New Berlin quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS New Berlin quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS New Berlin North quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS New Berlin North quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Columbus Quarter between 1995 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 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 | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 May 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.1 acres | New York Forest Rangers | WINTON RD FIRE |
| 25 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 23 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 21 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Columbus Quarter: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belden Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| C.C.Lobdell No.1 Well | Salt | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Button City | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Sweets | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Tallette | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Columbus | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Five Corners | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| New Berlin | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Harrisville | 8.0 miles | 17 | |
| Sages Crossing | 8.7 miles | 16 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122562372 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947204. 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.