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Como, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Summerhill town. It lies in ZIP code area 13045. It stands on Lake Como Outlet. The Survey maps it on the Sempronius quadrangle.

Como within Cayuga County

Then and now

1898 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Como, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Como, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

47 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Como between 1993 and 2016, burning about 30 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined17
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
9 August 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 July 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 July 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 June 2012Arson/incendiarismunder 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Como: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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
Town of Summerhill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Town of Summerhill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Halls Corner2.3 miles22
Dresserville3.4 miles22
Summer Hill3.5 miles22
Sempronius4.4 miles22
Morse Mill5.7 miles22
Chipman Corners5.9 miles25
Glen Haven6.4 miles26
Montville7.3 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972336. 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.