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Garland, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Clarkson town. It lies in ZIP code area 14420. The Survey maps it on the Brockport quadrangle.

Garland within Monroe County

Then and now

1899 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Garland, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Garland, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

170 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Garland between 2002 and 2020, burning about 88 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 43 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/undetermined50
Arson/incendiarism43
Smoking36
Debris and open burning17
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
9 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 September 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 Monroe 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 Garland: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Brockport QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pinehill Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Monroe 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
Clarkson2.1 miles22
Hinkleyville2.4 miles24
Otis2.4 miles19
Adams Basin2.7 miles24
Brockport2.7 miles22
Catfield3.6 miles24
Redman Corners4.2 miles22
Sweden Center4.3 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950909. 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.