BlockPlantz Corners, New York
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Boylston town. It lies in ZIP code area 13083. The Survey maps it on the Boylston Center quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 82 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.
- 1903 USGS Orwell quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Orwell quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Boylston quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Boylston Center quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Plantz Corners between 2002 and 2019, burning about 8 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | BOYLSTON FIRE |
| 12 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 July 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 18 July 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenboro | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| East Boylston | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Boylston Center | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Smartville | 3.2 miles | 20 | |
| New Scriba | 4.2 miles | 22 | |
| Hemlock District | 4.7 miles | 20 | |
| North Boylston | 5.1 miles | 22 | |
| Vorea | 5.5 miles | 22 |
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 Q122557809 | 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 960675. 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.