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South Byron, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Byron town. It lies in ZIP code area 14422. It lies near Casswell Hill. The Survey maps it on the Byron quadrangle.

South Byron within Genesee County

Then and now

1897 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of South Byron, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of South Byron, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

70 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of South Byron between 2001 and 2019, burning about 42 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined38
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 August 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Genesee 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 South Byron: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Allen's Creek DepositGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Van Buren PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Van Buren PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Yunker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Yunker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Genesee 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
Byron2.2 miles20
Morganville3.2 miles20
Pumpkin Hill3.4 miles20
West Bergen3.4 miles20
East Elba3.9 miles18
Stafford4.6 miles19
Country Meadows5.0 miles18
Genesee West5.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965716. 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.