BlockJerusalem Corners, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Evans town. It lies in ZIP code area 14047. It stands on Pike Creek. The Survey maps it on the Angola quadrangle.
Then and now
1899 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1899 against another survey:
On record in Jerusalem Corners
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.
First Church of Evans Complexlisted 2006 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1899 USGS Silver Creek quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1944 USGS Angola quadrangle1:31680
- 1960 USGS Angola quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Silver Creek quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
191 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Jerusalem Corners between 2000 and 2020, burning about 82 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 23 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 | 98 |
| Natural | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evans Center | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Derby | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Camp Lakeland | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Highland-on-the-Lake | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Angola-on-the-Lake | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Saint Vencent de Paul Camp | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Angola | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| North Evans | 4.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954021. 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.