BlockFullers, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Thurman town. It lies in ZIP code area 12878. It stands on Madison Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harrisburg quadrangle.
Then and now
1910 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 87 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
10 surveys from 23 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 Stony Creek quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:25000
- 1997 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
28 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Fullers between 1994 and 2020, burning about 167 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | BIG BROOK |
| 21 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | EAGLE POND FIRE |
| 15 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 29 June 2016 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | NEEDA GUENTHER |
| 27 June 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 23 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 June 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 6 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowelhurst | 4.6 miles | 23 | |
| Harrisburg | 5.0 miles | 23 | |
| Oregon | 5.7 miles | 25 | |
| Bakertown | 5.7 miles | 23 | |
| Garnet Lake | 6.2 miles | 25 | |
| Stony Creek | 9.5 miles | 23 | |
| Bakers Mills | 10.2 miles | 25 | |
| Thurman | 10.2 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972521. 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.