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North Pembroke, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Pembroke town. It lies in ZIP code area 14020. The Survey maps it on the Oakfield quadrangle.

North Pembroke within Genesee County

Then and now

1897 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 87 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 Pembroke, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of North Pembroke, surveyed 1897

On record in North Pembroke

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of North Pembroke between 1999 and 2020, burning about 63 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined59
Debris and open burning12
Natural10
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 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 Genesee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of North Pembroke: 9 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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
Alabama QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Alabama QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Oakfield Gypsum Products Corp. MineGypsum-AnhydritePlant
Oakfield MineGypsum-AnhydritePast ProducerSedimentary
Oakfield MineGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Pheonix Gypsum Company MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Standard Plaster Co. WorkingsGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
U.S. Gypsum Company MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Unnamed ShaftGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Unnamed ShaftGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Genesee County

Storms near this place

1 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Pembroke in 1 storm report in 2017: 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
September 2017Thunderstorm WindNorth Pembroke$8,000Law enforcement reported wires down by thunderstorm winds on Beckwith Road.

Every storm recorded in Genesee 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
Cookville0.9 miles17
East Pembroke2.2 miles19
Pembroke Center2.3 miles19
Indian Falls3.3 miles19
West Batavia3.4 miles19
South Alabama3.6 miles17
Ridgewood Village3.7 miles17
Brick House Corners4.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958870. 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.