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Crum Creek, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Oppenheim town. It lies in ZIP code area 13452. It lies near Twin Church Hill. The Survey maps it on the Oppenheim quadrangle.

Crum Creek within Fulton County

Then and now

1901 to 1985

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 Crum Creek, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Crum Creek, surveyed 1901

On record in Crum Creek

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

91 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Crum Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 120 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined35
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
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
3 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkLITTLE FALLS
28 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 August 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton 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 Crum Creek: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Moyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
St. Johnsville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
St. Johnsville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Fulton 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
Oppenheim2.5 miles19
Ingham Mills2.9 miles22
Kringsbush4.5 miles19
Rasbach Corner4.8 miles19
Lotville5.4 miles19
Doxtater Corner5.4 miles19
Lassellsville6.1 miles21
Middle Sprite6.9 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947862. 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.