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Babcock Hill, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bridgewater town. It lies in ZIP code area 13318. It lies near Bridgewater Flats. The Survey maps it on the West Winfield quadrangle.

Babcock Hill within Oneida County

Then and now

1907 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Babcock Hill, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Babcock Hill, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

44 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Babcock Hill between 2001 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined29
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning3
Natural2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
22 September 2013Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 July 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 July 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 June 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.4 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
26 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Babcock Hill: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Litchfield QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Litchfield QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Jones & Smith Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jones & Smith Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ludlow Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Ludlow Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
West Winfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this place

2 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Babcock Hill in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2015: 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
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBabcock Hill$5,000A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in trees being knocked over Rt 8 and Sickle Hill Road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBabcock Hill$2,000Trees were blown down on Babcock Hill Road.

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
Pine Village Estates1.1 miles17
North Bridgewater1.5 miles17
Ritchfield Junction1.6 miles17
Cassville2.0 miles17
Greens Crossing3.5 miles17
Clayville3.7 miles17
Bridgewater4.0 miles17
Hobin Corners5.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 942749. 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.