Poplar Beach, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Romulus town. It lies in ZIP code area 14541. It stands on Big Hollow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ovid quadrangle.

Poplar Beach within Seneca County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Poplar Beach, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Poplar Beach, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 25 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.

1902 USGS Ovid quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
1942 USGS Ovid quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1942 USGS Ovid quadrangle1:31680
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Ovid quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

66 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Poplar Beach between 2000 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 15 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	23
Arson/incendiarism	15
Debris and open burning	12
Natural	6
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Smoking	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
26 September 2016	Debris and open burning	6.3 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
2 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
16 September 2018	Misuse of fire by a minor	2.5 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
13 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
12 September 2008	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 August 2005	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 August 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
31 August 2013	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seneca County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Poplar Beach: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
	Aurora Well	Salt	Past Producer
	Carrie Chapman No.1 Well	Salt	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Seneca 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Marsh Corner	1.8 miles	25
Elm Beach	1.9 miles	23
Hayt Corners	2.6 miles	25
East Varick	3.1 miles	22
McDuffie Town	3.2 miles	22
Romulus	4.2 miles	22
Sheldrake Springs	4.7 miles	25
Ovid	4.7 miles	25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 960929. 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.