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Fremont, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Fremont town. It lies in ZIP code area 14807. It stands on Carrington Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arkport quadrangle.

Fremont within Steuben County

Then and now

1915 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fremont, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Fremont, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 21 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

89 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Fremont between 1994 and 2020, burning about 101 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined44
Arson/incendiarism16
Smoking9
Natural8
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
26 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 August 2018Arson/incendiarism1.4 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 August 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2000Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
15 August 2009Missing 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fremont: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. 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
G.H.Losey No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
State SourceSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Steuben County

Storms near this place

2 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fremont in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2009: 2 hail. 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 1998HailFremont$30,000A severe thunderstorm plowed through the county during the mid afternoon hours. Trees and wires were first downed in the Fremont area around 230 pm EDT. Then from just before 3 pm until about 310 pm, widespread wind damage in the form of downed trees and power lines was experienced in the Bath, Campbell, and Hornby areas. Large hail to 2 inches in diameter was also observed by the public in Campbell during this same time frame.
June 2009HailFremont-no account filed

Every storm 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
Big Creek3.3 miles21
Webbs Crossing3.5 miles21
Arkport3.7 miles21
Jobs Corner3.8 miles20
North Hornell3.8 miles21
Haskinville3.8 miles20
Butcher Corner4.0 miles21
Beachville4.2 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950681. 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.