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Whipple Park, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Brighton town. It lies in ZIP code area 14623. It stands on Red Creek. The Survey maps it on the West Henrietta quadrangle.

Whipple Park within Monroe County

Then and now

1895 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Whipple Park, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Whipple Park, surveyed 1895

On record in Whipple Park

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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

1,742 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,742 fires within 5 miles of Whipple Park between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,134 acres in total. 123 started naturally. 180 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/undetermined743
Smoking484
Arson/incendiarism180
Natural123
Debris and open burning80
Equipment and vehicle use68
Misuse of fire by a minor27
Power generation/transmission/distribution19
Recreation and ceremony13
Railroad operations and maintenance5

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2003Smoking2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Smoking2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2016Smoking6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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 Whipple Park: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silver, Aluminum. 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
Gates QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Howard & Bowen Corp/Rochester, N.Y.SilverUnknown
Rochester Smelt & Ref/Rochester, NyAluminumPlant
Clover Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clover Gravel 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
Crittenden0.4 miles28
Mortimer1.2 miles28
West Brighton1.3 miles32
Ridgeland1.8 miles32
Arnett2.5 miles32
Genesee Junction2.7 miles28
Bailey2.8 miles28
Lincoln Park2.9 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2486687. 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.