BlockRough and Ready, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Greenwood town. It lies in ZIP code area 14877. It lies near Wheeler Hill. The Survey maps it on the Rexville quadrangle.
Then and now
1926 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 60 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
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1926 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Rexville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Hornell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
26 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Rough and Ready between 1992 and 2016, burning about 48 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 31 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 May 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 May 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 7 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 24 acres | New York Forest Rangers | ZAMOONDA FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rexville | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Greenwood | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Barney Mills | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| West Union | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Young Hickory | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| West Greenwood | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| McGraws | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Bennetts | 5.9 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973027. 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.