Mill Creek Estates, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Otego town. It lies in ZIP code area 13825. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Otego quadrangle.

Mill Creek Estates within Otsego County

Then and now

1915 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mill Creek Estates, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of Mill Creek Estates, surveyed 1915

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.

1915 USGS Oneonta quadrangle1:62500
1918 USGS Oneonta quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1943 USGS Otego quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1945 USGS Otego 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 Binghamton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Mill Creek Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 11 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	24
Arson/incendiarism	11
Smoking	6
Natural	5
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
6 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
3 September 2007	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
24 September 2007	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 July 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 July 2009	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 July 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
30 July 2018	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Otsego County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mill Creek Estates: 1 producer. 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
	Valley View Road	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Otsego 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
Otego	2.5 miles	15
West End	3.2 miles	18
West Oneonta	3.5 miles	18
Otsdawa	4.5 miles	15
Oneonta	4.6 miles	18
Youmans Corner	6.2 miles	17
Wells Bridge	6.8 miles	16
Freer Corner	7.1 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2516337. 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.