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Kuneytown, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Fayette town. It lies in ZIP code area 13148. The Survey maps it on the Romulus quadrangle.

Kuneytown within Seneca County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kuneytown, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Kuneytown, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

49 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Kuneytown between 2000 and 2020, burning about 71 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 21 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
Arson/incendiarism21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Debris and open burning8
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
20 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 July 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seneca County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kuneytown: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General, 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
Seneca QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Seneca Quarry and PlantLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Cayuga Junction QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Hibiscus Point QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Seneca 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
Canoga Springs1.3 miles22
Canoga2.1 miles27
Fayette2.1 miles22
Clemsons Corners3.8 miles22
East Varick4.6 miles22
McDuffie Town4.8 miles22
Town of Seneca Falls5.2 miles24
MacDougall5.6 miles24

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 Q122567048The 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 972697. 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.