BlockGalatia, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Freetown town. It lies in ZIP code area 13803. The Survey maps it on the Marathon quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 89 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
9 surveys from 22 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.
- 1903 USGS Harford quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1906 USGS Catatonk quadrangle1:125000
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Marathon quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
54 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Galatia between 1993 and 2016, burning about 110 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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 | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2001 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 9 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 2 August 2002 | Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Messengerville | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| Riverside Manor | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Freetown Corners | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Marathon | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| Texas Valley | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| East Virgil | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Lapeer | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| East Freetown | 5.2 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972525. 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.