BlockEast Jefferson, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jefferson town. It lies in ZIP code area 12093. It lies near Wharton Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Summit quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1904 USGS Richmondville quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Summit quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Summit quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
72 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of East Jefferson between 1993 and 2020, burning about 108 acres in total. 8 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 | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 19 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 July 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 24 July 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vorman Corners | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Jefferson | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Eminence | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Arabia | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| South Jefferson | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| West Jefferson | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Summit | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Charlotteville | 5.3 miles | 17 |
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 Q122540515 | The 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 972420. 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.