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East Groveland, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Groveland town. It lies in ZIP code area 14454. The Survey maps it on the Sonyea quadrangle.

East Groveland within Livingston County

Then and now

1905 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 78 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 Groveland, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of East Groveland, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

148 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of East Groveland between 2000 and 2020, burning about 221 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 24 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
Arson/incendiarism24
Smoking23
Natural16
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2

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
8 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2000Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2014Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of East Groveland: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Livingston 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
Cottonwood Point1.9 miles23
Maple Beach1.9 miles22
Cottonwood Cove2.2 miles23
Excelsior Springs2.6 miles23
Groveland Corners2.7 miles21
Walkleys Landing2.9 miles22
Sunny Shores2.9 miles23
Long Point Cove3.0 miles23

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 Q122545692The 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 949090. 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.