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Post Creek, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Catlin town. It lies in ZIP code area 14812. It lies near Townley Hill. The Survey maps it on the Big Flats quadrangle.

Post Creek within Chemung County

Then and now

1895 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Post Creek, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Post Creek, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 32 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

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Post Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 140 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined47
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
19 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
13 August 2002Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
12 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chemung County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Post Creek: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Atwood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chemung 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
Chambers1.9 miles29
Tompkins Corners4.4 miles32
Collingwood4.5 miles32
Pine Valley6.1 miles32
Midway6.6 miles31
Big Flats6.9 miles32
Millport7.0 miles31
Brookhaven7.0 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 970496. 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.