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Page Brook, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Greene town. It lies in ZIP code area 13746. It stands on Chalker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greene quadrangle.

Page Brook within Chenango County

Then and now

1904 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Page Brook, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Page Brook, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Page Brook between 1992 and 2020, burning about 126 acres in total. 6 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
Debris and open burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
17 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 August 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
3 July 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 July 2016Debris and open burning2.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chenango County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Page Brook: 6 producers, 4 past producers. 6 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
B & B Builders Supply S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Crouch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hales PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hales PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Inghram Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Inghram Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
New York State Dept. Trans. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
O Brien PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pond 4 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Serafini PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Chenango 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
Fickles Corner2.8 miles15
Lower Genegantslet Corner3.7 miles15
Greene4.9 miles15
Genegantslet6.8 miles15
Coventry7.8 miles17
Brisben8.6 miles17
Blackesley Corner8.7 miles17
Coventryville9.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 959746. 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.