BlockLost Valley, New York
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Charleston town. It lies in ZIP code area 12072. The Survey maps it on the Esperance quadrangle.
Then and now
1896 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 89 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
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1896 USGS Fonda quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Fonda quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Fonda quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1943 USGS Esperance quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Esperance quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
62 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Lost Valley between 1999 and 2020, burning about 64 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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 | 37 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 12 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 29 July 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellsville | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Miller Corners | 2.5 miles | 25 | |
| Burtonsville | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Charleston | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Minaville | 3.9 miles | 26 | |
| Scotch Bush | 4.1 miles | 25 | |
| Glen | 5.0 miles | 20 | |
| Oak Ridge | 5.1 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 956036. 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.