BlockMcDonough, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in McDonough town. It lies in ZIP code area 13801. It stands on Peppermint Brook. The Survey maps it on the Smithville Flats quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
On record in McDonough
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Calvary Epsicopal Churchlisted 1998
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1904 USGS Greene quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Smithville Flats quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Smithville Flats quadrangle1:25000
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
40 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of McDonough between 1998 and 2020, burning about 73 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 June 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 22 June 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 May 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NORTH PUCKER ST FIRE |
| 7 May 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 17 acres | New York Forest Rangers | NORTH PUCKER ST FIRE |
| 7 May 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names McDonough in 1 storm report in 1993: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | McDonough | $5,000 | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corbin Corner | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| East McDonough | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| East Pharsalia | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| German Four Corners | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Adams Corner | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Dibble Corner | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Pharsalia | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Smithville Center | 6.3 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 956756. 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.
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.