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East Scott, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Scott town. It lies in ZIP code area 13077. It stands on Callan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Homer quadrangle.

East Scott within Cortland County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 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 Scott, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of East Scott, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

67 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of East Scott between 2002 and 2019, burning about 38 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning9
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
11 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 July 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 July 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 July 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cortland County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of East Scott: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 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
Homer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Homer Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Homer PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cortland 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
Little York2.4 miles22
Parker Manor2.4 miles22
Preble2.6 miles22
Scott2.6 miles22
Pratt Corners2.7 miles22
Slab City3.2 miles22
Grout Mill3.4 miles22
Baltimore3.8 miles22

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 Q122546766The 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 972430. 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.