Popes Ravine, New York
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Kirkwood town. It lies in ZIP code area 13904. It stands on Chamberlain Creek. The Survey maps it on the Binghamton East quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Popes Ravine
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
New York State Inebriate AsylumNational Historic Landmark · listed 1996 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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.
- 1904 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1937 USGS Binghamton East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Binghamton East quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Binghamton East quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Binghamton East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
489 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 489 fires within 5 miles of Popes Ravine between 1995 and 2020, burning about 336 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 44 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 | 229 |
| Smoking | 70 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 44 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2010 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Popes Ravine: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown No.1 Well | Salt | Prospect | ||
| Binghampton Brick Co. Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Binghampton Brick Co. Pit | Clay | Plant | ||
| Boland Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Chenango Bridge Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Corbisello Quarries | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hale Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Van Gravel Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Weber Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Weber Road Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Manor | 1.3 miles | 24 | |
| Port Dickinson | 1.8 miles | 23 | |
| Sunrise Terrace | 2.3 miles | 23 | |
| Binghamton | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Fivemile Point | 3.1 miles | 24 | |
| Hinmans Corners | 3.3 miles | 23 | |
| Chenango Bridge | 3.4 miles | 24 | |
| Port Crane | 3.7 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 Q122598240 | 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 960928. 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.









