BlockNorth Cameron, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cameron town. It lies in ZIP code area 14819. It lies near Averell Hill. The Survey maps it on the Bath quadrangle.
Then and now
1910 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1910 USGS Bath quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Bath quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Hornell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of North Cameron between 1992 and 2020, burning about 182 acres in total. 8 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 | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 12 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 July 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Cameron in 1 storm report in 2015: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Cameron | $10,000 | State official reported that 2 trees were forced down by thunderstorm wind. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coss Corners | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Bonny Hill | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Buck Settlement | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Unionville | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Risingville | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| West Cameron | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| East Union | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Dudley Settlement | 3.7 miles | 18 |
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 Q122570308 | The 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 972856. 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.
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.