BlockEminence, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 12175. The Survey maps it on the Summit quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1904 USGS Richmondville quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Summit quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Summit quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
62 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Eminence between 1993 and 2019, burning about 114 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 10 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 | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | SUMMIT HAY BALES |
| 9 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 7 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 July 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vorman Corners | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| East Jefferson | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| West Fulton | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| Summit | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Jefferson | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Arabia | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| South Jefferson | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Beards Hollow | 5.7 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949636. 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.