BlockWhite Lake, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Forestport town. It lies in ZIP code area 13494. It stands on Graham Creek. The Survey maps it on the Woodgate quadrangle.
Then and now
1912 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1912 USGS Mc Keever quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mc Keever quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Mc Keever quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
29 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of White Lake between 1995 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 20 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | BRANDY LAKE FIRE |
| 12 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | GULL LAKE |
| 31 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodgate | 1.2 miles | 22 | |
| Otter Lake | 4.2 miles | 22 | |
| Forestport | 7.3 miles | 25 | |
| Woodhull | 7.6 miles | 25 | |
| Hawkinsville | 7.6 miles | 20 | |
| Alder Creek | 8.9 miles | 25 | |
| Boonville | 10.8 miles | 20 | |
| Honnedaga | 11.1 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2806954. 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.