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Cayuta, New York

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Cayuta town. It lies in ZIP code area 14824. It lies near Pony Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Alpine quadrangle.

Cayuta within Schuyler County

Then and now

1893 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cayuta, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Cayuta, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 34 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

52 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Cayuta between 1993 and 2020, burning about 63 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking4
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
1 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
2 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 July 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 June 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 June 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schuyler 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 Cayuta: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
D.Hager No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Jackson Hollow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jackson Hollow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pertl PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pertl PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Schuyler County

Storms near this place

10 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cayuta in 10 storm reports between 2005 and 2020: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2020Thunderstorm WindCayuta$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree on a vehicle.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindCayuta$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds snapped and uprooted several trees.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindCayuta$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindCayuta$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree and wires near County Route 13 and State Route 224.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindCayuta$1,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over a tree across route 13 at the county line.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindCayuta-A tree was blown down in Arnot Forest.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindCayuta-A tree was blown down in Arnot Forest.
August 2019HailCayuta-no account filed
August 2014HailCayuta-no account filed
June 2013HailCayuta-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Schuyler 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
Alpine Junction1.1 miles34
Alpine2.6 miles34
Catharine5.1 miles31
Odessa6.2 miles31
Cayutaville7.5 miles35
Deckertown8.3 miles31
Montour Falls9.1 miles31
Smith Valley9.4 miles35

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946089. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.