BlockBefore

McPherson Cove, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Livonia town. It lies in ZIP code area 14487. It lies near Denshore Gully. The Survey maps it on the Livonia quadrangle.

McPherson Cove within Livingston County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of McPherson Cove, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of McPherson Cove, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

174 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of McPherson Cove between 2000 and 2020, burning about 248 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 34 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/undetermined70
Arson/incendiarism34
Debris and open burning23
Natural19
Smoking18
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHEMLOCK LAKE TRES FIRE
24 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHEMLOCK LAKE DOS FIRE
23 September 2000Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHEMLOCK LAKE FIRE
21 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of McPherson Cove: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
Conesus Lake Salt & Min.Co.Well #4SaltPast Producer
Livonia Salt ShaftSaltPast Producer
Livonia Salt WellSaltPast Producer
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Livingston 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
Old Orchard Point0.4 miles23
McPherson Point0.8 miles23
Old Orchard Cove0.8 miles23
Wadsworth Cove0.8 miles23
Sacketts Harbor0.9 miles23
Eagle Point0.9 miles23
Cedarcrest1.1 miles23
Hartson Point1.2 miles23

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 Q122565299The 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 956846. 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.