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Pratts, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Eaton town. It lies in ZIP code area 13409. The Survey maps it on the Munnsville quadrangle.

Pratts within Madison 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 Pratts, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Pratts, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

89 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Pratts between 2000 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 14 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/undetermined39
Arson/incendiarism17
Natural14
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking1
Other causes1

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 2006Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2003Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2004Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
10 August 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pratts: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Munnsville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Munnsville Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Melvin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Munnsville Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Pratts Hollow0.7 miles18
White Corners1.2 miles18
Morrisville Station2.2 miles18
Pine Woods2.4 miles18
Bouckville3.0 miles18
Morrisville3.1 miles18
Munnsville3.8 miles18
Solsville3.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972970. 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.