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Pine Creek, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Orange town. It lies in ZIP code area 14812. It lies near Six Nations Hill. The Survey maps it on the Bradford quadrangle.

Pine Creek within Schuyler County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pine Creek, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Pine Creek, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 22 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

110 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Pine Creek between 1994 and 2020, burning about 140 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined56
Debris and open burning23
Arson/incendiarism17
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2003Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schuyler County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Pine Creek: 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
J.D.Engle No.2 WellSaltPast Producer
Bradford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morehouse PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Slebe PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Town of Tyrone PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Town of Tyrone PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Schuyler 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
Tyrone3.5 miles21
Monterey3.7 miles22
Weston4.6 miles21
Townsend4.6 miles29
Altay5.6 miles21
Shorewood5.7 miles21
Cherry Lane6.4 miles29
Beaver Dams6.4 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972943. 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.