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Deerhead, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Lewis town. It lies in ZIP code area 12950. It lies near Oak Hill. The Survey maps it on the Lewis quadrangle.

Deerhead within Essex County

Then and now

1895 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Deerhead, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Deerhead, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

49 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Deerhead between 1993 and 2020, burning about 98 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 7 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
Natural16
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2012Natural1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
13 August 2002Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersCHURCH MTN FIRE 2
13 August 2002Natural26 acresNew York Forest RangersCHURCH MTN FIRE 1
13 August 2002Natural3.0 acresNew York Forest RangersSHANTY BROOK FIRE
13 August 2002Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest RangersPOK-O-MOONSHINE FIRE
6 July 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 July 1993Natural2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Deerhead: 4 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Wollastonite, Garnet, Garnet, Wollastonite. 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
Fox KnollGarnet, WollastoniteProducerGrossularite, Wollastonite
LewisWollastonite, GarnetProducerWollastonite
Smith ProspectGraphiteOccurrence
Lewis OperrationWollastoniteProducer
Lewis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lewis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lewis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Essex 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
Crowningshield2.7 miles23
Reber3.9 miles27
Stowersville4.7 miles23
Lewis5.5 miles23
Green Street6.9 miles24
North Jay7.6 miles24
Willsboro8.0 miles27
Boquet8.2 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972373. 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.