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Cliffside, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Milford town. It lies in ZIP code area 12116. It stands on Spring Brook. The Survey maps it on the Milford quadrangle.

Cliffside within Otsego County

Then and now

1907 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cliffside, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Cliffside, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

45 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Cliffside between 1993 and 2020, burning about 103 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined25
Debris and open burning8
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
8 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
3 May 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
19 May 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Otsego 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 Cliffside: 3 producers. All of them still produce. 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
Colliersville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hemlock Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Robertson Number 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Otsego 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
Milford Center0.8 miles19
Portlandville1.4 miles19
Colliersville1.6 miles17
Cooperstown Junction2.0 miles17
Emmons3.8 miles18
Maryland5.3 miles19
Milford5.6 miles19
Laurens5.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946872. 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.