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Junction, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Pavilion town. It lies in ZIP code area 14525. The Survey maps it on the Stafford quadrangle.

Junction within Genesee County

Then and now

1904 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Junction, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Junction, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

105 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Junction between 2000 and 2020, burning about 83 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined58
Arson/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning15
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 August 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Genesee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Junction: 9 past producers, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Natural Gas, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Leroy QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bethany PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
A.Partridge No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
A.Partridge No.2 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
C.Davis No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
C.Johnson No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasUnknown
Wm.Smead No.2 WellSalt, Natural GasUnknown
C.H.Ivison No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
C.W.Jeffries No.1 WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Genesee 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
Pavilion Center1.4 miles19
Valley View Park1.7 miles19
Roanoke1.7 miles19
Texaco Town2.5 miles19
Union Corners3.4 miles24
Pavilion3.6 miles19
East Bethany4.0 miles19
Le Roy4.1 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972672. 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.