Newport, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Irondequoit town. It lies in ZIP code area 14622. It stands on Densmore Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rochester East quadrangle.

Newport 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 Newport, surveyed 1984

Topographic sheet of Newport, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 31 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.

1895 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500
1898 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1912 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1920 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1931 USGS Rochester East quadrangle1:24000
1935 USGS Rochester East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1952 USGS Rochester East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Rochester East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1984 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

1,456 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,456 fires within 5 miles of Newport between 2000 and 2020, burning about 985 acres in total. 98 started naturally. 175 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	697
Smoking	305
Arson/incendiarism	175
Natural	98
Debris and open burning	69
Equipment and vehicle use	60
Misuse of fire by a minor	28
Power generation/transmission/distribution	17
Recreation and ceremony	7

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
9 September 2020	Debris and open burning	1.2 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
9 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
9 September 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
9 September 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 September 2018	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
8 September 2018	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
8 September 2016	Smoking	6.3 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
8 September 2016	Smoking	6.3 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe 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 Newport: 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
	Dewitt Brothers Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bay View	0.8 miles	31
Glen Edith	0.9 miles	31
Glen Haven	1.1 miles	31
German Village	1.1 miles	31
Sea Breeze	1.6 miles	31
West Webster	2.1 miles	26
Irondequoit	2.3 miles	31
Oklahoma Beach	2.3 miles	31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958519. 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.