BlockGeorgetown, New York
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Willet town. It lies in ZIP code area 13863. It stands on Willet Creek. The Survey maps it on the Willet quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1985The 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 sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1904 USGS Greene quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Willet quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Willet quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Georgetown between 1998 and 2020, burning about 66 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 July 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 May 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NORTH PUCKER ST FIRE |
| 7 May 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 17 acres | New York Forest Rangers | NORTH PUCKER ST FIRE |
| 4 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 May 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willet | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Gee Brook | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Lower Cincinnatus | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Texas Valley | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Cincinnatus | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Taylor | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Galatia | 7.4 miles | 22 | |
| East Freetown | 7.6 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951018. 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.