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Sucker Brook, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Perry town. It lies in ZIP code area 14530. It stands on Sucker Brook. The Survey maps it on the Castile quadrangle.

Sucker Brook within Wyoming County

Then and now

1905 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sucker Brook, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Sucker Brook, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

91 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Sucker Brook between 2001 and 2018, burning about 73 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined47
Arson/incendiarism15
Debris and open burning15
Natural7
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wyoming 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 Sucker Brook: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Natural Gas. 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
K.Davis No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
F.Eaton WellSaltPast Producer
Miller Salt Co.Salt WellSaltPast Producer
Perry Salt Co.Salt WellSaltPast Producer
Salt Vale No.1 WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wyoming 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
Perry Center1.5 miles17
West Perry1.8 miles17
West Perry Center2.1 miles17
Burk Hill2.2 miles19
Buffalo Corners2.6 miles19
Perry2.6 miles17
Silver Lake3.2 miles17
Oatka3.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973124. 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.