BlockParker, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Guilford town. It lies in ZIP code area 13780. It stands on Moses Brook. The Survey maps it on the Guilford quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
On record in Parker
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Guildford Center Presbyterian Churchlisted 2004 · 0.3 miles away- Guilford Center Cemeterylisted 2005 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1915 USGS Unadilla quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Unadilla quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Guilford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Guilford quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
51 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Parker between 1992 and 2020, burning about 117 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 7 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 | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 May 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 23 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guilford Center | 0.2 miles | 18 | |
| Ives Settlement | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Guilford | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Rockdale | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Yaleville | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Upton | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Rockwells Mills | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Lathams Corners | 5.2 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972916. 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.