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Five Points, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Phelps town. It lies in ZIP code area 14532. The Survey maps it on the Geneva North quadrangle.

Five Points within Ontario County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

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 Five Points, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Five Points, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

148 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Five Points between 2000 and 2020, burning about 144 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 33 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/undetermined72
Arson/incendiarism33
Debris and open burning20
Smoking11
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2016Arson/incendiarism6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2008Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ontario County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Five Points: 10 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, 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
Geneva MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Geneva PlantLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Pat O'Connor No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Five Points PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Five Points PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Long Branch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Long Branch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oaks Corners PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Oaks Corners PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ontario PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ontario 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
West Junius0.3 miles23
Oaks Corners2.1 miles21
Dobbins Corner3.1 miles23
Unionville3.1 miles21
Fort Hill4.1 miles21
Phelps4.2 miles21
Melvin Hill5.0 miles21
Pre-emption5.3 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972478. 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.