Burrs Mills, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Watertown town. It lies in ZIP code area 13601. It stands on Staplin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rutland Center quadrangle.

Burrs Mills within Jefferson County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Burrs Mills, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of Burrs Mills, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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.

1895 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:62500
1898 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1908 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:62500
1909 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1943 USGS South Rutland quadrangle1:31680
1943 USGS South Rutland quadrangle1:24000
1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Rutland Center quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Watertown quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

269 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 269 fires within 5 miles of Burrs Mills between 2000 and 2020, burning about 221 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 70 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	123
Arson/incendiarism	70
Debris and open burning	28
Smoking	21
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Natural	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Recreation and ceremony	4
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
8 September 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
7 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
6 September 2015	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
4 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 September 2007	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
28 September 2015	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
28 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
25 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Burrs Mills: 9 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Watertown Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Watertown Quarry and Mill	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Anthony Marzano Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Bolle Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Brookside Drive Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Brookside Drive Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gifford Street Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gifford Street Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
John Vespo Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
John Vespo Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
East Watertown	1.8 miles	23
Huntingtonville	3.0 miles	23
Watertown Center	3.1 miles	23
Rutland Center	3.1 miles	23
Tylersville	3.8 miles	23
Watertown	4.0 miles	23
East Rodman	4.3 miles	25
Dillen	5.7 miles	23

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 Q122595891

The 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 945279. 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.