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Hopewell Center, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Hopewell town. It lies in ZIP code area 14424. The Survey maps it on the Clifton Springs quadrangle. It stands 837 feet above sea level.

Hopewell Center within Ontario County

Then and now

1902 to 1983

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 Hopewell Center, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Hopewell Center, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 21 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

153 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Hopewell Center between 2001 and 2020, burning about 92 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 40 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/incendiarism40
Debris and open burning14
Smoking13
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor4

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
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ontario 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 Hopewell Center: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Natural Gas. 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
J.W.Birdseye WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
Manchester Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Manchester PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
C.R.Brown No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
C.Root WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ontario 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
Ennerdale1.8 miles21
Chapin2.9 miles21
Aloquin3.5 miles22
Littleville3.5 miles21
Orleans3.9 miles21
Roseland Park4.1 miles24
Shortsville4.2 miles21
Babbitt Corner4.5 miles22

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 Hopewell CenterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14706399The 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 953192. 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.