BlockPillar Point, New York
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Brownville town. It lies in ZIP code area 13634. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Henderson Bay quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1893 USGS Sackets Harbor quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Sackets Harbor quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1895 USGS Sacketts Harbor quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1942 USGS Henderson Bay quadrangle1:31680
- 1959 USGS Henderson Bay quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Rochester quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Henderson Bay quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Pulaski quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
107 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Pillar Point between 2001 and 2020, burning about 91 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 10 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 | 60 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sackets Harbor | 1.7 miles | 20 | |
| Jewettville | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Boultons Beach | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Adams Cove | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Camps Mills | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Baggs Corner | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Dexter | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Point Peninsula | 5.5 miles | 16 |
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 Q122553562 | 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 960402. 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.