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East Bennington, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Bennington town. It lies in ZIP code area 14040. The Survey maps it on the Attica quadrangle.

East Bennington within Wyoming County

Then and now

1905 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 79 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 Bennington, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of East Bennington, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

80 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of East Bennington between 2002 and 2020, burning about 63 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined39
Debris and open burning17
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 August 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wyoming County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of East Bennington: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, 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
Alexander PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Alexander PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Charles Chick WellSaltPast Producer
J.Mattison WellSaltPast Producer
L.C.Wilkie WellSaltPast Producer
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wyoming 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
Danley Corners1.1 miles16
Attica3.0 miles16
Sierks3.1 miles16
Bennington3.5 miles15
South Attica6.0 miles16
Attica Center6.2 miles19
Folsomdale6.3 miles15
Persons Corners6.7 miles15

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122595743The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972409. 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.