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Dyke, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hornby town. It lies in ZIP code area 14830. It lies near Pine Hill. The Survey maps it on the Corning quadrangle.

Dyke within Steuben County

Then and now

1914 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dyke, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Dyke, surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

132 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Dyke between 1992 and 2020, burning about 182 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined64
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use16
Arson/incendiarism12
Smoking12
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony2
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
28 September 2020Recreation and ceremony1.6 acresNew York Forest RangersWEST HILL FIRE
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.8 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
19 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben 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 Dyke: 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
Atwood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Steuben 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
Hornby1.8 miles23
Ferenbaugh2.0 miles23
Denmark4.8 miles23
Meads Creek5.3 miles22
Riverside5.6 miles23
Painted Post5.6 miles23
Gibson5.8 miles23
Corning5.8 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 948892. 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.