Scotchbrush, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ephratah town. It lies in ZIP code area 13452. The Survey maps it on the Lassellsville quadrangle.

Scotchbrush within Fulton County

Then and now

1901 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Scotchbrush, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of Scotchbrush, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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.

1901 USGS Lassellsville quadrangle1:62500
1903 USGS Lassellsville quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1945 USGS Lassellsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1945 USGS Lassellsville quadrangle1:62500
1946 USGS Lassellsville quadrangle1:24000
1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
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

Fires near this place

48 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Scotchbrush between 1995 and 2020, burning about 73 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 9 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	13
Debris and open burning	12
Arson/incendiarism	9
Natural	5
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Smoking	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
3 September 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
19 September 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
9 August 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 August 2011	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
27 August 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
24 August 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
24 August 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
11 August 2005	Recreation and ceremony	1.4 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Dempster Corners	1.3 miles	21
Lassellsville	2.1 miles	21
Glasgow Mills	3.1 miles	21
Bradtville	3.5 miles	21
Garoga	3.6 miles	21
Rockwood	3.8 miles	21
North Bush	4.4 miles	21
Newkirk	4.5 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 964669. 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.