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Egypt, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Perinton town. It lies in ZIP code area 14450. It stands on White Brook. The Survey maps it on the Fairport quadrangle.

Egypt within Monroe County

Then and now

1900 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Egypt, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Egypt, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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

367 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 367 fires within 5 miles of Egypt between 2001 and 2020, burning about 210 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 41 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/undetermined200
Debris and open burning57
Arson/incendiarism41
Smoking28
Natural23
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
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
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Egypt: 4 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
C.M.Conover QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Deer Run PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Deer Run PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Genesee Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pittsford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pittsford PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Spezio Industries IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Victor PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Egypt in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008HailEgypt$35,000no account filed
August 2018Thunderstorm WindEgypt$10,000Tree fell on a vehicle on Mason Road.

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
Hannans Corner1.9 miles26
Fairport3.0 miles26
Bushnell Basin3.5 miles26
East Penfield4.5 miles26
East Rochester5.2 miles26
Penfield5.8 miles26
Pittsford6.0 miles32
Mendon6.9 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949430. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.