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Gates Center, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Gates town. It lies in ZIP code area 14624. The Survey maps it on the Rochester West quadrangle.

Gates Center within Monroe County

Then and now

1895 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gates Center, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Gates Center, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

On record in Gates Center

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 32 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

2,121 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,121 fires within 5 miles of Gates Center between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,343 acres in total. 131 started naturally. 271 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/undetermined1039
Smoking445
Arson/incendiarism271
Natural131
Debris and open burning86
Equipment and vehicle use61
Misuse of fire by a minor45
Recreation and ceremony20
Power generation/transmission/distribution18
Railroad operations and maintenance5

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2003Smoking2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Smoking2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Gates Center: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silver, Aluminum. 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
Gates QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Howard & Bowen Corp/Rochester, N.Y.SilverUnknown
Rochester Smelt & Ref/Rochester, NyAluminumPlant
Chester Peacock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gp-9 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

10 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gates Center in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 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
August 2015Flash FloodGates Center$35,000no account filed
July 2008Flash FloodGates Center$35,000no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindGates Center$35,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindGates Center$18,000no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindGates Center$15,000Social media contained reports of numerous trees and wires down from thunderstorm winds near Gates.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindGates Center$12,000no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindGates Center$10,000Officials reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
May 2001HailGates Center$5,000no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindGates Center$2,000Trees and wires were reported down.
August 2023Flash FloodGates Center-Foot of water flowing across Interstate 490.

Every storm 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
North Gates1.7 miles32
Tressmar1.8 miles32
Lincoln Park2.3 miles32
Coldwater2.6 miles32
Arnett2.7 miles32
Elmgrove2.9 miles32
Maplewood3.2 miles28
South Greece3.4 miles32

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.

Wikipedia article on Gates CenterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5527097The 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 950941. 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.