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Prattsburgh, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Prattsburgh town. It lies in ZIP code area 14873. The Survey maps it on the Prattsburg quadrangle.

Prattsburgh within Steuben County

Then and now

1900 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Prattsburgh, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Prattsburgh, surveyed 1900

On record in Prattsburgh

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

40 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Prattsburgh between 1994 and 2016, burning about 66 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
8 June 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 June 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 June 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 June 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 May 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 May 2008Natural1.8 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben 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 Prattsburgh: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, 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
Central Development PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Daltry No.1 WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Steuben 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
Stickneys3.8 miles17
Elmbois4.2 miles23
Dineharts5.3 miles17
South Pulteney5.6 miles21
Renchans6.1 miles17
Ingleside6.1 miles25
Pulteney6.4 miles21
Wheeler6.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 961102. 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.