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Becks Grove, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rome City. It lies in ZIP code area 13308. It stands on Sash Factory Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lee Center quadrangle.

Becks Grove within Oneida County

Then and now

1905 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Becks Grove, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Becks Grove, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

108 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Becks Grove between 2000 and 2020, burning about 166 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined54
Arson/incendiarism22
Natural12
Debris and open burning6
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2018Natural3.1 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2000Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
21 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
16 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 August 2001Missing 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Becks Grove: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
George W. Bryant PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
George W. Bryant PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Northern Oneida Sanitary LandfillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Restibo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Humaston0.6 miles19
Pine Crest1.5 miles25
Pine1.9 miles19
Lee2.3 miles19
Leisure Village2.6 miles19
Blossvale2.7 miles19
Taberg3.4 miles19
New London3.6 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 943476. 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.