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Butterville, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Henderson town. It lies in ZIP code area 13605. The Survey maps it on the Adams quadrangle.

Butterville within Jefferson County

Then and now

1893 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Butterville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Butterville, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

63 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Butterville between 2002 and 2020, burning about 132 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined36
Natural8
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 August 2008Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 Butterville: 2 past producers. None of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Edison-Mullen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
O'Brian PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Lyon Corner1.5 miles21
Roberts Corner2.0 miles21
Babbitt Corner2.3 miles21
Smithville2.3 miles20
Thomas Settlement2.5 miles21
Green Settlement3.6 miles21
Henderson4.1 miles21
Belleville4.2 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972289. 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.