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North Bloomfield, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in West Bloomfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 14472. The Survey maps it on the Honeoye Falls quadrangle.

North Bloomfield within Ontario 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 North Bloomfield, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of North Bloomfield, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

92 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of North Bloomfield between 2000 and 2019, burning about 128 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 25 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/undetermined36
Arson/incendiarism25
Debris and open burning15
Natural5
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
7 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2001Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ontario County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of North Bloomfield: 4 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
General Crushed Stone CompanyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Honeoye Falls WellSaltProspect
Rochester QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Bloomfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bloomfield Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Olmstead OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ontario County

Storms near this place

3 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Bloomfield in 3 storm reports between 2021 and 2024: 2 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Thunderstorm WindNorth Bloomfield$500Tree downed, blocking road.
October 2021FloodNorth Bloomfield-Flooding of low lying areas around Ellison Park and Powder Mills Park was reported. The river crested near 6.8 feet.
October 2021FloodNorth Bloomfield-Minor flooding was observed on the Honeoye Creek at Honeoye Falls. The river level peaked at 6.6 feet.

Every storm recorded in Ontario 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
West Bloomfield3.1 miles25
Bush Corner3.9 miles25
Ionia4.6 miles26
Denison Corner7.2 miles22
Fishers7.6 miles26
Allens Hill7.6 miles22
Richmond Mills (historical)7.9 miles22
Frost Hollow7.9 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958690. 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.

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.