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Cayuga Junction, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Springport town. It stands on Yawger Creek. The Survey maps it on the Union Springs quadrangle.

Cayuga Junction within Cayuga County

Then and now

1899 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cayuga Junction, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Cayuga Junction, surveyed 1899

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

47 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Cayuga Junction between 2003 and 2020, burning about 55 acres in total. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Natural1

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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2016Arson/incendiarism6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
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
4 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cayuga 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 Cayuga Junction: 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 Cayuga 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
Cross Roads1.3 miles26
Union Springs2.2 miles27
Powers Corner2.3 miles27
Oakwood3.4 miles26
Farleys3.6 miles27
Cayuga3.6 miles26
Relius4.3 miles26
Half Acre5.3 miles28

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 Q122566027The 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 972306. 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.