BlockPumpkin Hollow, New York
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Wells town. It lies in ZIP code area 12190. It stands on Coulombe Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cathead Mountain quadrangle.
Then and now
1907 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1907 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 26 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1907 USGS Lake Pleasant quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lake Pleasant quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Three Ponds Mountain quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Three Ponds Mountain quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Pumpkin Hollow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 344 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | INDIAN LAKE ISLANDS |
| 5 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 August 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 11 August 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 9 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.3 acres | New York Forest Rangers | ROCK POND |
| 7 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pumpkin Hollow: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paint Mine | Iron | Prospect |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hope | 3.4 miles | 23 | |
| Wells | 3.4 miles | 26 | |
| Blackbridge | 3.5 miles | 26 | |
| Gilmantown | 6.7 miles | 26 | |
| Benson | 6.9 miles | 26 | |
| Upper Benson | 8.0 miles | 22 | |
| Griffin | 8.6 miles | 23 | |
| Maple Grove | 8.7 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 961968. 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.