BlockElm Grove, New York
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Morris town. It lies in ZIP code area 13808. It stands on Aldrich Creek. The Survey maps it on the Morris quadrangle.
Then and now
1910 to 1986The 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.
On record in Elm Grove
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Zion Episcopal Church Complex and Harmony Cemeterylisted 1997 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1910 USGS Hartwick quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Hartwick quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Morris quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Morris quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
50 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Elm Grove between 1995 and 2020, burning about 47 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 5 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 | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 July 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 1 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morris | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| New Lisbon | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| West Laurens | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Stetsonville | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Maple Grove | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Otsdawa | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Toll Corner | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Freer Corner | 6.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949544. 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.