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Rock Glen, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Gainesville town. It lies in ZIP code area 14550. It stands on Cotton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Castile quadrangle.

Rock Glen within Wyoming County

Then and now

1905 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rock Glen, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Rock Glen, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

74 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Rock Glen between 2003 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined27
Arson/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning14
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 July 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wyoming County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Rock Glen: 7 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bromine. 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
Geyers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Silver Springs PlantBrominePast ProducerBrine
A.Kerr Bros.& Co.WellSaltPast Producer
Bradley Salt Co.Salt WellSaltPast Producer
Duncan Salt Co.WellSaltPast Producer
Gainesville Salt Co.WellSaltPast Producer
Morton Salt Co.Salt Well No.13.SaltPast Producer
Morton Salt/ Silver Springs PlantSaltUnknown
Silver Springs WellsSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wyoming 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
Newburg0.5 miles17
North Gainesville0.8 miles17
Silver Lake Junction1.6 miles17
South Warsaw1.8 miles17
Silver Springs2.5 miles17
Martinsville2.6 miles17
Oatka2.7 miles17
Chace3.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962700. 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.