BlockRector, New York
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Montague town. It lies in ZIP code area 13367. It stands on Mulligan Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Boston quadrangle.
Then and now
1902 to 1985The 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 sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1902 USGS Carthage quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Carthage quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS New Boston quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS New Boston quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Rector between 2005 and 2016, burning about 16 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | New York Forest Rangers | KOGUT FIRE |
| 25 May 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 May 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 28 April 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 28 April 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.1 acres | New York Forest Rangers | RECTOR ROAD FIRE |
| 25 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 April 2013 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rector in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rector | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkers | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Bellwood | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Windecker | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| New Boston | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| Hooker | 5.6 miles | 20 | |
| Harrisburg | 7.2 miles | 19 | |
| West Lowville | 7.3 miles | 19 | |
| Wetmore | 7.4 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972988. 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.
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.