East Afton, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Afton town. It lies in ZIP code area 13733. The Survey maps it on the North Sanford quadrangle.

East Afton within Chenango 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 East Afton, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of East Afton, 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.

1924 USGS Deposit quadrangle1:62500
1926 USGS Deposit quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1944 USGS Deposit quadrangle1:62500
1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS North Sanford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

48 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of East Afton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 94 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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	15
Arson/incendiarism	8
Debris and open burning	7
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Natural	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Smoking	1
Other causes	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
16 August 2004	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 July 2004	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
9 June 2015	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
5 June 2004	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
13 June 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
21 May 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.5 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
20 May 2020	Other causes	4.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	HOUCK FIRE
2 May 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	1.5 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chenango 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 East Afton: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Afton Town Pit Aldagreen Road	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Chenango 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bennettsville	3.6 miles	18
Middle Bridge	4.3 miles	15
Afton	5.7 miles	17
Bettsburg	6.6 miles	17
Bainbridge	6.7 miles	18
North Afton	7.6 miles	17
Nineveh Junction	9.0 miles	17
East Guilford	9.3 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972405. 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.