BlockUpper Benson, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Benson town. It lies in ZIP code area 12134. It stands on Abner Brook. The Survey maps it on the Jackson Summit quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1903 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1943 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Jackson Summit quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Jackson Summit quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Jackson Summit quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Upper Benson between 1995 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 30 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | WOODS LAKE FIRE |
| 3 August 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 25 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | NOTCH FIRE |
| 23 August 1995 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 10 August 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | WOODS LAKE FIRE |
| 4 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | WOODS LAKE |
| 28 June 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | GONE AGAIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benson | 3.1 miles | 26 | |
| Hope | 6.2 miles | 23 | |
| Pumpkin Hollow | 8.0 miles | 26 | |
| Blackbridge | 8.4 miles | 26 | |
| Arietta | 9.6 miles | 24 | |
| Maple Grove | 9.7 miles | 23 | |
| Wells | 10.4 miles | 26 | |
| Shaker Place | 11.2 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973180. 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.