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Degroff, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Owasco town. It lies in ZIP code area 13021. The Survey maps it on the Skaneateles quadrangle.

Degroff 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 Degroff, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Degroff, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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

134 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Degroff between 2001 and 2020, burning about 63 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 32 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/undetermined66
Arson/incendiarism32
Debris and open burning13
Smoking11
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
22 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Degroff: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Franklin Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Franklin Street Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Harkington Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Harkington Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Highland Beach1.0 miles28
Baptist Corners2.1 miles28
Petty Corner2.4 miles28
Owasco2.7 miles28
Melrose Park2.8 miles28
Conklin Cove2.9 miles26
Wyckoff3.2 miles26
Owasco Lake Station3.3 miles26

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 Q122548548The 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 973233. 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.