Austin, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Niles town. It lies in ZIP code area 13118. The Survey maps it on the Owasco quadrangle.

Austin within Cayuga County

Then and now

1899 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Austin, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Austin, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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.

1899 USGS Skaneateles quadrangle1:62500
1902 USGS Skaneateles quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
1943 USGS Owasco quadrangle1:24000
1943 USGS Owasco quadrangle1:31680
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Owasco quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Skaneateles quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

44 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Austin between 2002 and 2020, burning about 31 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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	19
Debris and open burning	12
Arson/incendiarism	7
Smoking	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2

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 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 September 2012	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
25 September 2015	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
6 August 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
31 August 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
9 July 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
6 July 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
4 July 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cayuga 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 Austin: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Town of Scipio Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
	Town of Scipio Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Cayuga 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Ensenore	2.1 miles	26
Casowasco	2.3 miles	28
Indian Cove	2.7 miles	28
Omro	2.8 miles	28
Conklin Cove	2.8 miles	26
Elmwood	3.0 miles	26
Edgewater	3.0 miles	28
Owasco	3.1 miles	28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972182. 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.