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Elmbois, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pulteney town. It lies in ZIP code area 14840. The Survey maps it on the Hammondsport quadrangle.

Elmbois within Steuben 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 Elmbois, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Elmbois, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 23 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

62 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Elmbois between 1994 and 2020, burning about 99 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/undetermined31
Debris and open burning12
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
15 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersPIGTAIL FIRE #2
6 August 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Elmbois: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Daltry No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Central Development PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pulteney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pulteney 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
South Pulteney2.5 miles21
Urbana3.3 miles23
Glen Grove3.6 miles23
Catawba3.8 miles23
Stickneys3.8 miles17
Gibson Landing3.9 miles23
Grove Springs4.0 miles23
Prattsburgh4.2 miles24

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 Q122566183The 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 972446. 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.