BlockLittle Rapids, New York
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It lies in ZIP code area 13331. The Survey maps it on the Nehasane Lake quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 86 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 28 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.
- 1903 USGS Big Moose quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Big Moose quadrangle1:62500, 6 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
- 1989 USGS Beavers River quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Little Rapids between 2002 and 2018, burning about 2 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | TERROR LAKE |
| 27 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | CLEAR POND FIRE |
| 4 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | CLEAR LAKE FIRE |
| 21 July 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.1 acres | New York Forest Rangers | STILLWATER SITE 25 FIRE |
| 29 May 2016 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | STILLWATER RESERVOIR |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keepawa | 2.7 miles | 28 | |
| Partlow | 4.0 miles | 28 | |
| Nehasane | 7.3 miles | 21 | |
| Robinwood | 10.3 miles | 21 | |
| Inlet | 12.7 miles | 28 | |
| Hasbroucks | 13.3 miles | 30 | |
| Sabattis | 13.9 miles | 21 | |
| Raquette Lake | 13.9 miles | 30 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972729. 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.