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West Greece, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Parma town. It lies in ZIP code area 14559. The Survey maps it on the Spencerport quadrangle.

West Greece within Monroe County

Then and now

1899 to 1984

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 Greece, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of West Greece, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

759 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 759 fires within 5 miles of West Greece between 2000 and 2020, burning about 379 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 153 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/undetermined355
Arson/incendiarism153
Smoking139
Debris and open burning37
Natural37
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5

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
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of West Greece: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 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
Chester Peacock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gp-9 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pease PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pinehill Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Union Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Union Street PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Monroe 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
Parma Corners1.8 miles24
South Greece2.4 miles32
North Greece2.8 miles27
Elmgrove2.9 miles32
Parma Center3.3 miles19
Spencerport3.3 miles24
Catfield3.4 miles24
Greece3.5 miles32

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 Q122539814The 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 969240. 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.