New York, Missouri
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Commerce Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63780. The Survey maps it on the Thebes quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in New York
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Charles Isaac and Lizzie Hunter Moore Anderson Houselisted 2006 · 0.5 miles away
Commerce City Halllisted 2005 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 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.
- 1934 USGS Thebes quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1939 USGS Thebes quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Thebes quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Thebes quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Thebes quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Thebes quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of New York (historical) between 1998 and 2012, burning about 98 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 April 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | BEAN |
| 9 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | MT. ZION |
| 6 March 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Shawnee National Forest | GREGG HOLLOW |
| 26 March 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Shawnee National Forest | LITTLE RED HOUSE |
| 23 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | ASHMAN |
| 28 February 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | GREG HOLLOW |
| 20 February 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | HILL |
| 13 November 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shawnee National Forest | PIGEON ROOST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of New York (historical): 10 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Special Use Silica Deposit 3 | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Miss.River Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ellis Porperty | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commerce | 0.5 miles | 22 | |
| Zewapeta | 0.8 miles | 22 | |
| Illmo | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| Grays Point (historical) | 5.2 miles | 22 | |
| Scott City | 5.5 miles | 21 | |
| Hilltop | 5.6 miles | 21 | |
| Kelso | 5.8 miles | 21 | |
| Poor Farm (historical) | 6.4 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 730403. 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.













