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East Union, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bath town. It lies in ZIP code area 14810. It lies near Herron Hill. The Survey maps it on the Bath quadrangle.

East Union within Steuben County

Then and now

1910 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 76 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 Union, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of East Union, surveyed 1910

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of East Union between 1992 and 2020, burning about 158 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined23
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot named
27 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
7 July 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of East Union: 5 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Salt. 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
Blair No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Bath QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bath Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Bath PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bath PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Conrad BankSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Flick Gravel BankSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gp-2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Steuben County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Steuben County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Steuben 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
Dudley Settlement0.9 miles18
Unionville1.7 miles18
Bonny Hill1.9 miles18
Coss Corners2.4 miles18
Bath2.7 miles18
Lake Country Estates3.1 miles18
North Thurston3.1 miles18
Haverling Heights3.6 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972434. 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.