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Unionville, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Phelps town. It lies in ZIP code area 14532. It stands on Flint Creek. The Survey maps it on the Phelps quadrangle.

Unionville within Ontario County

Then and now

1902 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Unionville, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Unionville, surveyed 1902

On record in Unionville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 21 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

121 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Unionville between 2001 and 2020, burning about 99 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 33 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/undetermined62
Arson/incendiarism33
Debris and open burning13
Natural5
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ontario County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Unionville: 11 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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
Geneva MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Geneva PlantLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Pat O'Connor No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Phelps QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Five Points PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Five Points PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Long Branch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Long Branch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oaks Corners PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Oaks Corners PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ontario 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
Phelps1.1 miles21
Oaks Corners1.9 miles21
Fort Hill2.4 miles21
Melvin Hill2.8 miles21
Phelps Junction2.8 miles21
Five Points3.1 miles23
Knickerbocker Corner3.2 miles21
West Junius3.4 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968237. 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.