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Pre-emption, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Geneva town. It lies in ZIP code area 14456. The Survey maps it on the Phelps quadrangle.

Pre-emption within Ontario County

Then and now

1902 to 1983

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Pre-emption, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Pre-emption, surveyed 1902

On record in Pre-emption

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 21 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

211 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of Pre-emption between 2000 and 2020, burning about 161 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 29 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/undetermined87
Smoking48
Arson/incendiarism29
Debris and open burning19
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2016Arson/incendiarism6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2016Natural6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2008Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ontario County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Pre-emption: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Geneva MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Geneva PlantLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Pat O'Connor No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Oaks Corners PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Oaks Corners PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ontario Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Ontario County

Storms near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pre-emption in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. The reports record 2 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2018Thunderstorm WindPre Emption2 hurt, $40,000A 62 year-old male and a 35 year-old-male had to be rescued from the collapsed structure.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindPre Emption$35,000no account filed
May 2015Flash FloodPre Emption$20,000no account filed
August 2017Thunderstorm WindPre Emption$12,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Geneva.
July 2014HailPre Emption$10,000no account filed
July 2023Flash FloodPre Emption-Maxwell Ave. and N. Brook St. in Geneva closed due to flooding. Numerous other roads flooded in Geneva.

Every storm recorded in Ontario 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
Lenox Park1.4 miles21
Geneva2.1 miles24
Fort Hill3.1 miles21
Dobbins Corner3.4 miles23
Melvin Hill3.6 miles21
Oaks Corners3.8 miles21
Seneca Castle4.3 miles21
Billsboro Corners4.7 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 961106. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.