Day Center, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Day town. It lies in ZIP code area 12835. It stands on Paul Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ohmer Mountain quadrangle.
Then and now
1910 to 1999The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1910 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1910 USGS Stony Creek quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 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
- 1990 USGS Hope Falls quadrangle1:25000
- 1999 USGS Hope Falls quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
54 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Day Center between 1992 and 2020, burning about 64 acres in total. 12 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 | 21 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | WAITE MOUNTAIN FIRE |
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Day Center: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar, Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite, Graphite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overlook Quarry | Feldspar | Occurrence | 1922 | |
| Sacandaga Graphite Co | Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | 1906, 1918, 1925 | |
| Sacandaga Graphite Co.Mine | Graphite | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake View | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| Allentown | 3.5 miles | 24 | |
| Overlook | 3.9 miles | 24 | |
| West Day | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| Conklingville | 4.4 miles | 24 | |
| Tenantville | 5.5 miles | 23 | |
| Clarkville | 7.2 miles | 24 | |
| Batchellerville | 7.5 miles | 24 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122552358 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 948082. 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.









