Curtis, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Salisbury town. It lies in ZIP code area 13365. It lies near Boardinghouse Clearing. The Survey maps it on the Salisbury quadrangle.

Curtis within Herkimer County

Then and now

1900 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Curtis, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of Curtis, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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.

1900 USGS Little Falls quadrangle1:62500
1903 USGS Little Falls quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1939 USGS Little Falls quadrangle1:62500
1945 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1946 USGS Salisbury quadrangle1:31680
1949 USGS Little Falls quadrangle1:62500
1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Curtis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined	20
Debris and open burning	9
Arson/incendiarism	2
Natural	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Other causes	1
Smoking	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
5 September 2020	Natural	5.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
5 September 2008	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 August 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
19 August 2009	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
24 July 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
20 July 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
12 June 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
11 June 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Herkimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Curtis: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Salisbury Mine	Iron	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Herkimer 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Irondale	1.9 miles	22
Ives Hollow	2.3 miles	22
Diamond Hill	2.3 miles	22
Paper Mill Corners	2.3 miles	22
Salisbury Center	2.5 miles	22
Salisbury	2.8 miles	22
Dolgeville	5.4 miles	22
Fairfield	6.0 miles	22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947949. 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.