BlockWest Durham, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Durham town. It lies in ZIP code area 12422. It lies near Mount Pisgah. The Survey maps it on the Durham quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
On record in West Durham
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 2 records
Allan Teator Road Stone Arch Bridgelisted 2008
Brand Hollow Road Stone Arch Bridgelisted 2008
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1893 USGS Durham quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Durham quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1945 USGS Durham quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Durham quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Durham quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Pepacton Reservoir quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
79 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of West Durham between 1994 and 2020, burning about 70 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined | 30 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 September 2020 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 17 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 August 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 8 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durham | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Cornwallville | 4.4 miles | 23 | |
| North Settlement | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| Oak Hill | 4.6 miles | 22 | |
| East Windham | 5.5 miles | 23 | |
| Windham | 5.8 miles | 21 | |
| Brooksburg | 6.2 miles | 23 | |
| Hervey Street | 6.6 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 969208. 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.