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Apulia, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Fabius town. It lies in ZIP code area 13159. It lies near Matson Hill. The Survey maps it on the Tully quadrangle.

Apulia within Onondaga County

Then and now

1900 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Apulia, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Apulia, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 27 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

94 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Apulia between 1993 and 2020, burning about 108 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined53
Arson/incendiarism18
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural4
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
20 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
16 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
26 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Onondaga County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Apulia: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Solvay Well D-1SaltPast Producer
Solvay Well S-2SaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Onondaga 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
Apulia Station1.1 miles27
Berwyn3.0 miles27
Swift Corner3.2 miles27
Collingwood3.4 miles27
Tully3.5 miles27
Fabius3.7 miles20
Tully Center4.0 miles27
Big Bend4.2 miles28

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122592392The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 942058. 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.