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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.

New York within Scott County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 22 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

9 since 1998

Regional 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/undetermined4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning1

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
3 April 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesBEAN
9 March 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee National ForestMT. ZION
6 March 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution10 acresShawnee National ForestGREGG HOLLOW
26 March 1998Arson/incendiarism20 acresShawnee National ForestLITTLE RED HOUSE
23 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesASHMAN
28 February 2010Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresShawnee National ForestGREG HOLLOW
20 February 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesHILL
13 November 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShawnee National ForestPIGEON ROOST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scott County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Shawnee Special Use Silica Deposit 3SilicaOccurrence
Miss.River Shale ExposureClayProspect
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ellis PorpertySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Scott 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
Commerce0.5 miles22
Zewapeta0.8 miles22
Illmo5.0 miles21
Grays Point (historical)5.2 miles22
Scott City5.5 miles21
Hilltop5.6 miles21
Kelso5.8 miles21
Poor Farm (historical)6.4 miles20

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.