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Cookville, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Pembroke town. It lies in ZIP code area 14036. The Survey maps it on the Oakfield quadrangle.

Cookville within Genesee County

Then and now

1897 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cookville, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Cookville, surveyed 1897

On record in Cookville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

81 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Cookville between 1999 and 2020, burning about 57 acres in total. 9 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/undetermined53
Debris and open burning9
Natural9
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
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
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Genesee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Cookville: 8 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Alabama QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Alabama QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Oakfield Gypsum Products Corp. MineGypsum-AnhydritePlant
Oakfield MineGypsum-AnhydritePast ProducerSedimentary
Oakfield MineGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Pheonix Gypsum Company MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
U.S. Gypsum Company MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Unnamed ShaftGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Unnamed ShaftGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Unnamed ShaftGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Genesee 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
North Pembroke0.9 miles17
East Pembroke1.3 miles19
Pembroke Center2.3 miles19
West Batavia2.5 miles19
Ridgewood Village3.2 miles17
Bushville3.7 miles17
Indian Falls3.9 miles19
Lehigh4.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972341. 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.