Toggletown, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1983. It lies in ZIP code area 14423. It stands on Christie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Caledonia quadrangle.

Toggletown within Livingston County

Then and now

1904 to 1983

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 Toggletown, surveyed 1983

Topographic sheet of Toggletown, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 23 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.

1904 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1950 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1951 USGS Caledonia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Canandaigua quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

121 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Toggletown between 2000 and 2020, burning about 84 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 24 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	48
Arson/incendiarism	24
Debris and open burning	21
Natural	10
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Smoking	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Other causes	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 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
28 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
2 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
15 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
9 August 2016	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
23 August 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
13 August 2001	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
11 August 2001	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Toggletown: 11 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
J.J.Gilmore No.1 Well	Salt	Past Producer
Salt Well	Salt	Past Producer
York Salt Co.Well No.1	Salt	Past Producer
East Avon Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Halpin Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Halpin Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Highway Department Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Highway Department Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Highway Department Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Highway Department Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Livingston 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
Canawaugus	1.9 miles	23
Fowlerville	2.5 miles	23
Ashantee	3.0 miles	23
Fraser	3.1 miles	23
Littleville	3.2 miles	23
Inverness	3.5 miles	23
Avon	3.6 miles	25
Taylor	3.8 miles	24

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122545002

The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973160. 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.