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Gray Shores, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Livonia town. It lies in ZIP code area 14487. It stands on Wilkins Creek. The Survey maps it on the Livonia quadrangle.

Gray Shores within Livingston County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gray Shores, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Gray Shores, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

159 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Gray Shores between 2000 and 2020, burning about 203 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 35 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/undetermined59
Arson/incendiarism35
Debris and open burning22
Natural18
Smoking17
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2000Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
13 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.4 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Gray Shores: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
Conesus Lake Salt & Min.Co.Well #4SaltPast Producer
Livonia Salt ShaftSaltPast Producer
Livonia Salt WellSaltPast Producer
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Livingston 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
Graywood0.3 miles23
Cluny Point0.6 miles23
Sleggs Landing0.8 miles23
Tuxedo Park0.9 miles23
Cedarcrest1.0 miles23
Pebble Beach1.1 miles23
Old Orchard Cove1.2 miles23
Eagle Point1.2 miles23

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 Q122588403The 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 951609. 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.