BlockNumber Four, New York
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Watson town. It lies in ZIP code area 13367. It stands on Beaver Meadow Brook. The Survey maps it on the Number Four quadrangle.
Then and now
1912 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1912 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1912 USGS Number Four quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Number Four quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Number Four quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Number Four quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Number Four between 1996 and 2018, burning about 14 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 16 August 2001 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 29 June 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 22 June 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | FRANCIS LAKE FIRE |
| 22 June 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 May 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 May 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | #4 ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Number Four in 1 storm report in 2022: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Number Four | $2,000 | Trees were downed across Number Four Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soft Maple | 5.0 miles | 20 | |
| Kirschnerville | 8.4 miles | 18 | |
| Crystal Dale | 8.6 miles | 19 | |
| Belfort | 9.1 miles | 18 | |
| Sperryville | 9.2 miles | 19 | |
| Petries Corners | 10.5 miles | 19 | |
| High Falls | 10.9 miles | 18 | |
| Croghan | 11.4 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 959057. 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.