BlockWing, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Eagle town. It lies in ZIP code area 14024. The Survey maps it on the Pike quadrangle.
Then and now
1905 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 79 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 17 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.
- 1905 USGS Portage quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Pike quadrangle1:24000
- 1944 USGS Pike quadrangle1:31680
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Pike quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
49 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Wing between 1997 and 2020, burning about 67 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wing: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bliss Salt Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Salt Well | Salt | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bliss | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Pike | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Eagle | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Howes | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Griffith Corners | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| East Koy | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Hardys | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Smiths Corner | 7.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973277. 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.