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Baileys Settlement, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in LaFayette town. It lies in ZIP code area 13159. It lies near Bare Mountain. The Survey maps it on the South Onondaga quadrangle.

Baileys Settlement 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 Baileys Settlement, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Baileys Settlement, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

121 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Baileys Settlement between 2002 and 2020, burning about 127 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined67
Arson/incendiarism17
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Debris and open burning9
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking2
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
27 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
27 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2014Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Onondaga County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Baileys Settlement: 4 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Limestone, General. 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
Rock Cut Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Cardiff Salt WellSaltProspect
Solvay Well D-1SaltPast Producer
Solvay Well S-2SaltPast Producer
Tully Brine WellsSaltPast 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
Cardiff0.7 miles27
Maple Grove1.8 miles27
LaFayette2.7 miles28
Parc du Bois2.7 miles27
Big Bend3.6 miles28
Onativia3.6 miles28
Otisco3.8 miles27
Lords Corners3.8 miles27

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 Q122551934The 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 942802. 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.