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Cross Roads, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Springport town. It lies in ZIP code area 13034. It stands on Yawger Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cayuga quadrangle.

Cross Roads 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 Cross Roads, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Cross Roads, surveyed 1899

On record in Cross Roads

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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

57 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Cross Roads between 2003 and 2020, burning about 64 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined24
Arson/incendiarism16
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
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
7 August 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 August 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 August 2005Missing 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cross Roads: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
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
Cayuga Junction1.3 miles27
Powers Corner1.6 miles27
Oakwood2.1 miles26
Union Springs2.7 miles27
Relius3.2 miles26
Cayuga3.6 miles26
Half Acre4.1 miles28
Farleys4.2 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972352. 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.