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Danville, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sanford town. It lies in ZIP code area 13754. The Survey maps it on the Deposit quadrangle.

Danville within Broome County

Then and now

1924 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Danville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Danville, surveyed 1924

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

27 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Danville between 2005 and 2020, burning about 35 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning4
Natural1
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
30 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
4 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
28 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 June 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 June 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 May 2007Debris and open burning1.1 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 May 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 May 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broome 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 Danville: 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
Mills PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Broome 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
McClure2.8 miles15
Gulf Summit2.8 miles17
Deposit4.4 miles15
Cascade Valley5.3 miles17
Sanford6.4 miles15
Damascus7.7 miles17
South Windsor7.7 miles17
Mount Carmel8.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 948026. 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.