BlockRudeston, New York
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Arietta town. It lies in ZIP code area 12108. It stands on Fall Stream. The Survey maps it on the Piseco Lake quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1904 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 26 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.
- 1904 USGS Piseco Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Piseco Lake quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1908 USGS Piseco Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Piseco Lake quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Piseco Lake quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Piseco Lake quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
11 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Rudeston between 2002 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | BIG EDDY CAMPSITE # 2 |
| 2 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | FAWN LAKE #1 |
| 1 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | OXBOW LAKE #2 |
| 23 August 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | OXBOW LAKE |
| 18 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | FAWN LAKE FIRE |
| 7 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | AUGER FALLS LIGHTNING STRIKE |
| 7 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rudeston: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Garnet. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panther Mountain Deposit | Garnet | Occurrence | ||
| Twin Lakes Mountain Deposit | Garnet | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piseco | 1.0 miles | 26 | |
| Higgins Bay | 2.3 miles | 26 | |
| Lake Pleasant | 5.7 miles | 26 | |
| Shaker Place | 7.8 miles | 24 | |
| Speculator | 8.9 miles | 26 | |
| Averys Place | 10.1 miles | 24 | |
| Gilmantown | 10.2 miles | 26 | |
| Blackbridge | 10.8 miles | 26 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122541437 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 963070. 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.