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German Village, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Irondequoit town. It lies in ZIP code area 14622. The Survey maps it on the Rochester East quadrangle.

German Village within Monroe County

Then and now

1895 to 1984

The 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 sheet of German Village, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of German Village, surveyed 1895

On record in German Village

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

12 surveys from 31 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

1,214 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,214 fires within 5 miles of German Village between 2000 and 2020, burning about 834 acres in total. 78 started naturally. 161 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/undetermined583
Smoking245
Arson/incendiarism161
Natural78
Debris and open burning60
Equipment and vehicle use40
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Power generation/transmission/distribution18
Recreation and ceremony4

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 2020Debris and open burning1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2016Smoking6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2016Smoking6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2002Missing 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of German Village: 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
Dewitt Brothers Sand and Gravel 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
Sea Breeze0.5 miles31
Newport1.1 miles31
Oklahoma Beach1.6 miles31
Glen Edith1.8 miles31
Bay View1.9 miles31
Irondequoit2.1 miles31
Glen Haven2.2 miles31
Rock Beach2.6 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951034. 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.