BlockPeekamoose, New York
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Denning town. It lies in ZIP code area 12740. It sits by Spencers Ledge. The Survey maps it on the Peekamoose Mountain quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1903 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 25 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.
- 1903 USGS Slide Mountain quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Slide Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1943 USGS Peekamoose Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Peekamoose Mountain quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Peekamoose Mtn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Peekamoose Mtn quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Peekamoose between 2001 and 2020, burning about 79 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 2 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 10 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 5 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 May 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 9.8 acres | New York Forest Rangers | PEEKAMOOSE FIRE |
| 22 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 1 May 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville | 3.6 miles | 25 | |
| Bull Run | 3.6 miles | 25 | |
| Riggsville | 4.4 miles | 23 | |
| Palentown | 4.6 miles | 26 | |
| Sundown | 5.1 miles | 25 | |
| Samsonville | 5.3 miles | 26 | |
| West Shokan | 5.6 miles | 26 | |
| Yagerville | 6.0 miles | 24 |
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 Q122589412 | 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 972928. 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.