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Town Pump, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Ogden town. It lies in ZIP code area 14559. The Survey maps it on the Spencerport quadrangle.

Town Pump within Monroe County

Then and now

1899 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Town Pump, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Town Pump, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

254 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 254 fires within 5 miles of Town Pump between 2003 and 2020, burning about 134 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 58 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
Smoking78
Missing data/not specified/undetermined63
Arson/incendiarism58
Debris and open burning22
Natural14
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
9 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2009Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe 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 Town Pump: 3 producers, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Natural Gas, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Brockport QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Reber No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasProspect
Pease PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Union Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Union Street PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Monroe 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
Ogden Center3.0 miles24
Adams Basin3.2 miles24
North Chili3.4 miles24
Churchville3.6 miles20
Spencerport3.6 miles24
Hinkleyville4.1 miles24
Catfield5.0 miles24
Sweden Center5.1 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 967712. 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.