BlockKenwells, New York
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Morehouse town. It lies in ZIP code area 13353. It stands on Falls Pond Outlet. The Survey maps it on the Mount Tom quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1900 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 97 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
11 surveys from 27 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.
- 1900 USGS Canada Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS West Canada Lakes quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS West Canada Lakes quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Raquette Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Wakely Mountain quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Wakely Mountain quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Kenwells (historical) between 2007 and 2016, burning about 3 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | SUMNER BROOK FIRE |
| 10 June 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | LOST POND OUTHOUSE |
| 5 May 2013 | Smoking | 1.9 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sagamore | 7.7 miles | 30 | |
| Inlet | 9.9 miles | 28 | |
| Raquette Lake | 10.9 miles | 30 | |
| Hasbroucks | 15.0 miles | 30 | |
| Woods | 16.0 miles | 30 | |
| Piseco | 16.1 miles | 26 | |
| Eagle Nest | 16.3 miles | 28 | |
| Rudeston | 17.1 miles | 26 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972684. 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.