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Caywood, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lodi town. It lies in ZIP code area 14860. The Survey maps it on the Lodi quadrangle.

Caywood 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 Caywood, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Caywood, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

84 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Caywood between 1995 and 2020, burning about 59 acres in total. 12 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/undetermined31
Debris and open burning20
Natural12
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
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
28 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2005Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2005Arson/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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Caywood: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Halite, Salt, 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
Arcangeli PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Seneca Lake MineHalitePast ProducerHalite
Seneca Lake MineSaltPast 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
Lamoreaux Landing0.9 miles24
Cat Elbow Corner1.7 miles23
Lodi Center2.3 miles23
Lodi4.0 miles23
Townsendville4.4 miles23
Gilbert7.2 miles25
Ovid8.0 miles25
Willard8.1 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973999. 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.