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Pumpkin Hill, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Byron town. It lies in ZIP code area 14422. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Byron quadrangle.

Pumpkin Hill within Genesee County

Then and now

1897 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pumpkin Hill, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Pumpkin Hill, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

69 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Pumpkin Hill between 2001 and 2019, burning about 36 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined37
Arson/incendiarism11
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural4
Smoking2

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Genesee 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 Pumpkin Hill: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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
Barre Sand, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Brockport Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Yunker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Yunker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Genesee 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
Byron1.2 miles20
North Bergen3.3 miles20
South Byron3.4 miles20
West Bergen3.9 miles20
East Elba4.7 miles18
Jericon Corners4.8 miles20
Barbary Coast5.8 miles20
Langton Corners6.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 961964. 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.