Middle Bridge, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Afton town. It lies in ZIP code area 13730. It lies near Balls Island. The Survey maps it on the North Sanford quadrangle.

Middle Bridge within Chenango County

Then and now

1924 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Middle Bridge, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of Middle Bridge, surveyed 1924

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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.

1924 USGS Deposit quadrangle1:62500
1926 USGS Deposit quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1944 USGS Deposit quadrangle1:62500
1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS North Sanford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Middle Bridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 169 acres in total. 5 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	24
Debris and open burning	23
Arson/incendiarism	8
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	7
Natural	5
Smoking	3
Recreation and ceremony	1
Other causes	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
3 August 2002	Natural	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
2 August 2002	Natural	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
16 August 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
16 August 2004	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
27 July 2006	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
20 July 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
2 July 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
18 July 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chenango County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Middle Bridge: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Afton Town Pit Aldagreen Road	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Route 7 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Chenango 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bennettsville	2.3 miles	18
Afton	2.4 miles	17
North Afton	3.3 miles	17
Bainbridge	3.3 miles	18
East Afton	4.3 miles	15
Bettsburg	4.3 miles	17
West Bainbridge	5.6 miles	17
Blackesley Corner	6.1 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957088. 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.