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Rathbone, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Rathbone town. It lies in ZIP code area 14801. It stands on Tracy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rathbone quadrangle.

Rathbone within Steuben County

Then and now

1924 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 62 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rathbone, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Rathbone, surveyed 1924

On record in Rathbone

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

9 surveys from 19 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

92 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Rathbone between 1995 and 2020, burning about 164 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined49
Debris and open burning12
Natural11
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
25 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use7.9 acresNew York Forest Rangers417 FIRE
15 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2002Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
28 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
2 August 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 Steuben County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Rathbone: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Addison Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Baker BankSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Town of Cameron PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Steuben County

Storms near this place

4 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rathbone in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
August 2019Thunderstorm WindRathbone$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindRathbone$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple tree in Rathbone and Addison areas.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindRathbone$2,000Trees were blown down on county route 2.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindRathbone$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree and blocked County Route 81.

Every storm 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
East Woodhull3.9 miles20
Cameron Mills3.9 miles19
South Addison4.5 miles20
Hedgesville4.9 miles20
South Thurston4.9 miles19
Addison5.1 miles23
Risingville5.9 miles19
Woodhull5.9 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962206. 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.