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Genegantslet, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Greene town. It lies in ZIP code area 13778. It lies near Mount Arm. The Survey maps it on the Greene quadrangle.

Genegantslet within Chenango County

Then and now

1904 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Genegantslet, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Genegantslet, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

57 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Genegantslet between 1992 and 2020, burning about 90 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 8 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
Debris and open burning25
Arson/incendiarism8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural7
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
15 August 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
10 August 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 May 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 May 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 May 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chenango County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Genegantslet: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
B & B Builders Supply S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chenango County

Storms near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Genegantslet in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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
January 2010Flash FloodGenegantslet$50,000Flash flooding closed a four-mile stretch of County Route 23 from the Town of Greene to the Broome County Line. Route 32 was also closed due to flooding and washouts in the Town of Greene.
August 2014Flash FloodGenegantslet$30,000Hollenback Road was washed out from heavy rainfall.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindGenegantslet$5,000Several trees were blown down on Race Road, County Route 3A and Route 12.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindGenegantslet$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindGenegantslet$1,000Thunderstorms winds knocked down trees blocking a few roads.

Every storm recorded in Chenango 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
Greene2.6 miles15
Smithville Flats3.1 miles17
Lower Genegantslet Corner3.3 miles15
Lakeville5.5 miles17
Smithville Center6.1 miles18
Fickles Corner6.1 miles15
Lakeview6.3 miles17
Page Brook6.8 miles15

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 Q122552514The 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 950982. 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.