BlockSnowdon, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Otsego town. It lies in ZIP code area 13348. It lies near Tunnicliff Hill. The Survey maps it on the Hartwick quadrangle.
Then and now
1910 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 76 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 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.
- 1910 USGS Hartwick quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Hartwick quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Hartwick quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Hartwick quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
26 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Snowdon between 1995 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 June 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 14 June 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 May 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wileytown | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Lidell Corners | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Oaksville | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Cattown | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Burlington | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Schuyler Lake | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Exeter Corner | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Summit Crossing | 4.1 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973082. 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.