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West Conesville, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Conesville town. It lies in ZIP code area 12076. It stands on Manor Kill. The Survey maps it on the Gilboa quadrangle.

West Conesville within Schoharie County

Then and now

1901 to 1986

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 West Conesville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of West Conesville, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

63 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of West Conesville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 114 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Debris and open burning14
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
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
14 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot named
24 August 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
7 July 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
20 July 2013Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schoharie County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of West Conesville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Wawaywando PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Schoharie 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
Gilboa1.8 miles22
Conesville2.5 miles22
Flat Creek3.8 miles22
Manorkill5.4 miles21
Mackey5.9 miles22
Owlsville6.0 miles22
South Gilboa6.3 miles17
North Blenheim6.5 miles22

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 Q122551199The 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 969183. 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.