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Canoga Springs, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Fayette town. It lies in ZIP code area 13148. The Survey maps it on the Romulus quadrangle.

Canoga Springs within Seneca County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Canoga Springs, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Canoga Springs, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

76 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Canoga Springs between 1997 and 2020, burning about 96 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 26 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/incendiarism26
Debris and open burning9
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seneca 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 Canoga Springs: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Seneca QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Seneca Quarry and PlantLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Cayuga Junction QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Cross Roads Station QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Hibiscus Point QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Seneca 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
Canoga1.0 miles27
Kuneytown1.3 miles22
Fayette3.4 miles22
Clemsons Corners4.4 miles22
Town of Seneca Falls4.4 miles24
Bridgeport4.5 miles24
East Varick5.6 miles22
Lehigh Valley Junction5.9 miles24

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 Q122565819The 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 972297. 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.