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Rush Run, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Veteran town. It lies in ZIP code area 14845. The Survey maps it on the Horseheads quadrangle.

Rush Run within Chemung County

Then and now

1895 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rush Run, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Rush Run, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 32 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

95 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Rush Run between 1993 and 2020, burning about 87 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined45
Debris and open burning16
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 YorkNA
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 July 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 July 2019Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chemung County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Rush Run: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Bannister Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Horseheads Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jackson Hollow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jackson Hollow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Town Source PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chemung 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
Sullivanville2.6 miles32
Midway4.3 miles31
Millport4.3 miles31
Maplehurst Park4.5 miles32
Brookhaven4.8 miles31
Pine Valley4.9 miles32
Breesport5.2 miles27
Erin Estates6.1 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 970552. 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.