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Crosby, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Barrington town. It lies in ZIP code area 14527. The Survey maps it on the Keuka Park quadrangle.

Crosby within Yates County

Then and now

1903 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Crosby, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Crosby, surveyed 1903

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.

Fires near this place

104 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Crosby between 2001 and 2020, burning about 78 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined63
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural8
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
28 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
12 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
12 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 August 2020Natural5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
12 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yates County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Crosby: 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Natural Gas. 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
Best No.2 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
C.M.Russell WellSaltPast Producer
Botsford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Camp Erie PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Camp Erie PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Claude Pulver PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Holly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pulteney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pulteney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Yates County

Storms near this place

2 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crosby in 2 storm reports between 2005 and 2011: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2005Thunderstorm WindCrosby$20,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and wires in the towns of Barrington and Starkey.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCrosby$3,000Numerous large trees were blown down near Crosby on Highway 54.

Every storm recorded in Yates 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
Barrington2.2 miles22
Porter Corner3.3 miles22
Bluff Point4.5 miles22
Branchport4.6 miles21
Keuka Park4.6 miles22
Willow Grove4.8 miles22
Crystal Spring4.8 miles21
Second Milo5.5 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947792. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.