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West Rush, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Rush town. It lies in ZIP code area 14543. It stands on Honeoye Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rush quadrangle.

West Rush within Monroe 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 Rush, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of West Rush, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

121 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of West Rush between 2000 and 2020, burning about 99 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 30 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/undetermined43
Arson/incendiarism30
Debris and open burning16
Smoking11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
9 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 August 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of West Rush: 3 producers, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
Honeoye Falls WellSaltProspect
Number 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Treat PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
West River Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

1 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Rush in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWest Rush$10,000Broadcast media showed trees down on an SUV in West Rush.

Every storm 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
Golah1.0 miles25
North Rush1.9 miles28
Meadow Wood1.9 miles25
Manns Corner2.5 miles28
Rush3.2 miles25
Martin3.4 miles28
Scottsville4.2 miles28
Sibleyville4.3 miles25

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 Q122566709The 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 970856. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.