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Augusta, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Augusta town. It lies in ZIP code area 13425. The Survey maps it on the Munnsville quadrangle.

Augusta within Oneida County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Augusta, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Augusta, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

85 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Augusta between 2002 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined38
Arson/incendiarism19
Debris and open burning16
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 July 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 July 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Augusta: 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Marshall PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Munnsville Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Oriskany Falls QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Vernon Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eisler QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Kirkland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lawless QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Munnsville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Oriskany Falls QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this place

2 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Augusta in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2005: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1998Thunderstorm WindAugusta$60,000Severe thunderstorms caused considerable wind damage as they plowed through southern portions of the county. A roof was torn from a silo in Augusta at 3:03 pm and trees were blown down in Clinton and Cassville at 3:10 pm EDT.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindAugusta$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees.

Every storm recorded in Oneida 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
Knoxboro1.2 miles18
Wells Corner2.8 miles26
Oriskany Falls3.3 miles19
Deansboro4.1 miles19
Small Corners4.4 miles19
Brothertown4.6 miles19
Forge Hollow5.0 miles19
Pleasant Valley5.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 942699. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.