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Richmond Center, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Richmond town. It lies in ZIP code area 14487. It stands on Whetstone Brook. The Survey maps it on the Honeoye quadrangle.

Richmond Center within Ontario County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Richmond Center, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Richmond Center, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

71 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Richmond Center between 1993 and 2020, burning about 62 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined29
Debris and open burning16
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural9
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
7 September 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 August 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ontario County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Richmond Center: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Natural Gas. 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
Callister No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
Connors Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Connors Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rubenstein No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
Abbey No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
D.Curran No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Lynn Gladding No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Weaver No.1 WellSaltPast Producer

Every working 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
Curtis Corner1.4 miles22
Honeoye1.5 miles22
Frost Hollow2.1 miles22
Allens Hill2.5 miles22
Richmond Mills (historical)2.5 miles22
Honeoye Park2.6 miles22
Denison Corner2.9 miles22
Gladding Corner4.4 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973003. 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.