BlockSlab City, New York
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Sherman town. It lies in ZIP code area 14781. The Survey maps it on the Sherman quadrangle.
Then and now
1905 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 81 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
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1905 USGS Clymer quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1939 USGS Clymer quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1941 USGS Clymer quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
37 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Slab City between 2002 and 2017, burning about 35 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 May 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Mina | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| North Clymer | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Clymer Hill | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Stebbins Corners | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Clymer Center | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Morgan Corners | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Summerdale | 6.1 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965376. 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.