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Gabriels Junction, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Reading town. It lies in ZIP code area 14891. It stands on Big Hollow Run. The Survey maps it on the Reading Center quadrangle.

Gabriels Junction within Schuyler County

Then and now

1898 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gabriels Junction, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Gabriels Junction, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 30 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Gabriels Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 70 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined40
Debris and open burning17
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural6
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGreen Mountain National Forestnot named
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2016Debris and open burning3.8 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2011Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schuyler County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Gabriels Junction: 10 past producers, 3 plants, 3 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bromine, Natural Gas. 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
(Facility) Watkins Glen Well and RefineryBrominePlantBrine
G.G.Hill WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
Dunhams PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Haring PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lovers Lane PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Padua PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Padua PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
(Facility) Watkins Glen RefinerySaltPlant
International Salt Co.Well No.18SaltPast Producer
Unnamed Salt WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Schuyler 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
Irelandville1.3 miles30
Reading Center1.7 miles30
Burdett2.9 miles30
Watkins Glen3.2 miles30
North Reading4.2 miles30
Bennettsburg4.9 miles30
Wedgewood5.6 miles29
Hector5.7 miles23

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 Q122556260The 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 972524. 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.