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Maplewood, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Chili town. It lies in ZIP code area 14624. It stands on Little Black Creek. The Survey maps it on the West Henrietta quadrangle.

Maplewood within Monroe County

Then and now

1895 to 1984

The 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 sheet of Maplewood, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Maplewood, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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

1,106 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,106 fires within 5 miles of Maplewood between 2000 and 2020, burning about 746 acres in total. 82 started naturally. 127 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/undetermined437
Smoking309
Arson/incendiarism127
Natural82
Debris and open burning63
Equipment and vehicle use36
Misuse of fire by a minor27
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Recreation and ceremony8
Railroad operations and maintenance5

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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2003Smoking2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Smoking2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2016Smoking6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Maplewood: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Gates QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Clover Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clover Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

6 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maplewood in 6 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2012Thunderstorm WindMaplewood$10,000no account filed
August 2023Flash FloodMaplewood$3,000A report on social media with a picture showed roads impassible and a submerged car with damage at the corner of Brooks Ave. and Marilou Dr. in Gates.
July 2020Heavy RainMaplewood-Rainfall of 3.18 inches was reported.
September 2020Thunderstorm WindMaplewood-no account filed
October 2017Thunderstorm WindMaplewood-no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMaplewood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
Genesee Junction0.7 miles28
Tressmar1.4 miles32
Whites2.3 miles28
Brookdale2.3 miles28
Mortimer2.6 miles28
Chili Center2.7 miles28
Crittenden2.8 miles28
Coldwater3.0 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972762. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.