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West Bloomfield, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in West Bloomfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 14469. It lies near Woodchuck Hill. The Survey maps it on the Honeoye Falls quadrangle.

West Bloomfield within Ontario County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The 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 sheet of West Bloomfield, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of West Bloomfield, surveyed 1901

On record in West Bloomfield

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 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of West Bloomfield between 2000 and 2019, burning about 129 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 26 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/undetermined34
Arson/incendiarism26
Debris and open burning17
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
7 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2001Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 July 2016Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 July 2017Smokingunder 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 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of West Bloomfield: 8 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Natural Gas, Limestone, General. 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
Callister No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
General Crushed Stone CompanyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rochester QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Abbey No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
D.Curran No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Bloomfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bloomfield Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Connors Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Connors Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
East Bloomfield 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
Bush Corner1.0 miles25
Ionia3.1 miles26
North Bloomfield3.1 miles25
Allens Hill4.7 miles22
Denison Corner5.1 miles22
Speakers Corner5.4 miles23
East Bloomfield5.6 miles26
Frost Hollow5.6 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 969102. 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.