BlockIves Settlement, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Guilford town. It lies in ZIP code area 13733. It stands on Moses Brook. The Survey maps it on the Guilford quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 70 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
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1915 USGS Unadilla quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Unadilla quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Guilford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Guilford quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
53 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Ives Settlement between 1992 and 2020, burning about 120 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 May 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 23 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parker | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Guilford Center | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Guilford | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Yaleville | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Rockdale | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| East Guilford | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Upton | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Union Valley | 5.9 miles | 17 |
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 Q122542135 | The 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 972660. 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.