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Riga, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Riga town. It lies in ZIP code area 14428. The Survey maps it on the Churchville quadrangle.

Riga within Monroe County

Then and now

1899 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Riga, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Riga, surveyed 1899

On record in Riga

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 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

80 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Riga between 2000 and 2020, burning about 65 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined36
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural8
Smoking6
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2020Natural5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
3 September 2002Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
1 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 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 Monroe 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 Riga: 1 producer, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Salt, 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
Abandoned Gypsum WorkingsGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Reber No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasProspect
Scottsville Gravel Products IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

2 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riga in 2 storm reports between 1996 and 2015: 2 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
May 1996Thunderstorm WindRiga$35,000no account filed
May 2015Thunderstorm WindRiga$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down by thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
Five Points1.3 miles24
Churchville2.4 miles20
Beulah3.5 miles20
Belcoda3.7 miles24
Clifton3.9 miles24
West Chili5.3 miles24
North Chili5.4 miles24
Mumford5.4 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962519. 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.